Transculturalism: How the World is Coming Together

When I first read the synopsis online, used to promote this book I felt awash with joy and even relief -  I wasn't the only one who felt my life was like this! This was back in 2003 when people (of alll races might I add) would ask ignorant questions like "Why are you not into R&B?" and "Do you like chicken?" It was excruciatingly dull watching people trying to shove my square peg of a life into their round holes. 

I'd often wonder why I didn't relate to the standard formula of race = culture = indentity, and I was happy to be bit wierd, and to see life in a way that transcended stereotypes. So when I read this book, documenting a selection of short stories of people on a real adventure - not finding themselves, but creating themselves - and dropping the rule book, it gave me some inspiration to keep on the same track. 

It really illustrates - through the range of accounts - how a meeting of minds is the most important factor in relating to other people. Never mind nationality, or religion, or background. If two people want to connect based on what unites them (what's inside, such as their taste for adventure) rather than what divides them they can share the transcultural experience. It's an inevitable element on an increasingly globalised socieity, and if we use this way of seeing things to be more open to one another, we'll be all the richer for it.