I do agree with the idea of the world’s cultures, becoming more homogenous. With the rise of modern day technology; communications is at all time high. Right know I get a message from CNN the second the world changes, while simultaneously reading comics from Japan right after the came out. I can tell just as many myths of Japanese folklore as I can from my own African roots. We are becoming more understanding of each other cultures around the world. The first step is a understanding of one another. We can look at the civil rights movement as an example to that. African’s were branded a heathens because Europeans did not understand them. We then flash-forward to civil rights movement, were understanding of the to cultures become closer together. Know we have little
kids trying to dress up like thugs. Black or white, they both try and imitate the same thing. I am not saying that they all went to one culture or another, but a blending accord and a whole no culture accord. This happened because of a close proximity. Know with technology bring the world closer, that same blending while begin to happen.
I do feel that pop culture plays a huge role in the behavior/attitude of people in (American) society, especially the youth. This can either be good or bad because a kid can get hope through the themes of his/her favorite super hero movie or it can negatively impact kids by showing images teenagers drinking and doing drugs. Ultimately the person has to decide what is good and bad, but the technological resources available to us make it a lot easier to view negative/inappropriate behavior. I do think that technology makes it a lot easier to view another culture and derive some sort of stereotype (good or bad) about that culture. However we need to actually experience living in a culture to truly understand/appreciate it before we judge it.
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I disagree that cultures today are becoming more homogeneous. I believe that they are becoming more diverse with the emergence of new cultures. These new cultures are being formed in the modern era when people communicate with people from completely different cultures across the globe. Some would think this would lead to a blending of cultures, but I believe otherwise. What I think happens in this cross-cultural interaction is the occasional mutual tolerance of each other’s culture. This tolerance, in itself, forms a new culture, because not every person from the original culture would be tolerant and understanding of alien cultures. So now, you have a culture that has members communicating with other cultures. Some choose to embrace tolerance with the alien culture, while others may choose to panic and cling to the ideals of their own culture and not embrace tolerance. This divide basically creates a new culture. (ENGR 103)
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