This blog is going to talk about Cultural Markers. Cultural Markers can mean your religion, beliefs, languages, symbols, etc. As a Muslim, symbols, beliefs, and language is the most important. The importance will be explained later, but the topic that we will be getting into is how people mistake or assume from the actions or from where our religion originates from.
Misinformation can come from many sources, Media, assumptions, or just miscommunication. But this can affect the image of the religion and the people who follow and believe in the symbols.
I have only really had one conflict based on my religion/culture. I was at an airport in the US (The significance of the country will be explained) for an American Football competition. I was talking to the TSA man and he asked for my passport. I handed him my American Passport and he continued talking. He asked where I was from, and with what happened next I was certain he wanted me to say a state or a city, but I told him I come from UAE but I am Egyptian, and he suddenly had a change in facial expression and once he checked the visa stamp on my Passport, he asked me to go to the room to search me, it felt awkward and I felt more embarrassed as my whole team had to wait for me as I finished being vulgarly patted down and asked me to strip to my undergarments.
Now you can probably guess why he assumed that I had to be patted down and some. If you watching the news, ISIS has been a very big topic in the news lately from all attacks that they have claimed responsibility for.
This is one of the ways that the media can influence people's thoughts on topics and many other things.
Misinformation can come from many sources, Media, assumptions, or just miscommunication. But this can affect the image of the religion and the people who follow and believe in the symbols.
I have only really had one conflict based on my religion/culture. I was at an airport in the US (The significance of the country will be explained) for an American Football competition. I was talking to the TSA man and he asked for my passport. I handed him my American Passport and he continued talking. He asked where I was from, and with what happened next I was certain he wanted me to say a state or a city, but I told him I come from UAE but I am Egyptian, and he suddenly had a change in facial expression and once he checked the visa stamp on my Passport, he asked me to go to the room to search me, it felt awkward and I felt more embarrassed as my whole team had to wait for me as I finished being vulgarly patted down and asked me to strip to my undergarments.
Now you can probably guess why he assumed that I had to be patted down and some. If you watching the news, ISIS has been a very big topic in the news lately from all attacks that they have claimed responsibility for.
This is one of the ways that the media can influence people's thoughts on topics and many other things.
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