Perception

“In order to find out how things really are, one must understand the filters through which one
perceives the world.” Discuss and evaluate this claim.

Perhaps this means that a person has to know all the ins and outs of something in order to fully understand it. All of the things that influence how we see or interpret something are considered filters. Perception can vary from person to person. As a person grows from a youngster to an adult they go through various experiences which guide them into different directions and alter the way they perceive different things that are "outside" of what they usually encounter. Like with cultural clashes, there are lots and lots of disagreements between both parties usually because one culture is accustomed to doing things one way, and the other culture is accustomed to doing it another. For example, in Ghana, Africa, it is very displeasing to eat food with the left hand because the right hand is clean and is okay to eat with and the left hand is used to perform dirty "deeds" such as wiping after yourself after using the restroom. Here in America, we live to eat and nobody really cares about which hand is okay and which hand is not okay to eat with.
I remember my mom telling me a story about when her best friend, who is a native to Ghana, gave birth to her second American son. Me and my best friend Sarpong (sappz) were only about four and five years of age when his mom Vida was nearing the time to give birth once again. It was summer time and i was visiting Sappz house like i did every day. We were probably snacking on some good ol' fashioned hot dogs and enjoying cartoons when Vida came out of her room and discreetly told us we needed to leave. We walked outside and followed Vida into the car where she buckled us up and drove off. Me and my "cousin" didn't know what was going on, we probably thought we were just making a quick trip to the store.