Clash or Complement of Cultures?

Hector E. Garcia is President of Mex-US Global, LLC., consultants in intercultural communications and international strategic business alliances. Former professional positions: Executive Director (E.D.), Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs (MCLA); VP International & Domestic Emerging Markets, Wells Fargo Bank; Co-founder & E.D. AHANA (African Hispanic Asian & Native American) Public Policy Forum, MN; E.D. MN/Dakotas Region NCCJ (National Conference for Community & Justice); Publisher, COLORS multicultural magazine, Minneapolis, MN; Co-founder & E.D., Minnesotans for NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement); Mexico Liaison Prudential Bache Securities, NYC, NY; Consultant Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU—part of The Economist Magazine’s financial group) Mexico City.

Garcia’s insights into the origins of much of modern-day social violence drew me in, especially in the context of recent events within the U.S. and beyond. But it was his clear and passionate call for a new "cooperative paradigm” that kept me diving deeper into this important book. We need more solutions and this book delivers—with visionary yet quite specific ideas about how our ‘differences’ can become the sustainable building blocks of our shared future.

• PREFACEACKNOWLEDGMENTSCHAPTER 1. History and Violence CHAPTER 2. Race—A Red Herring CHAPTER 3. Cultural Blind SpotsCHAPTER 4. Paradigms Define the Limits of Plans and Intentions CHAPTER 5. Differences Can Be Perceived as Complements or as BarriersCHAPTER 6. Adversarial Competition and Other Obstacles CHAPTER 7. Leaving the Past Behind; Choosing ForgivenessCHAPTER 8. Cultural Complementarity ParadigmCHAPTER 9. Cultural Complementarity and an American Renaissance: Applications of CC in the U.S. Economy, Education, and SocietyCHAPTER 10. Meaninglessness and GlobalizationCHAPTER 11. A Vision of Meaning within Globalization CHAPTER 12: A World with Less Poverty and Greater Overall ProsperityBIBLIOGRAPHYAPPENDICES