Saturday, April 23, 2011

America the beautiful; In need of plastic surgery? (22)

I see most people envision the image of America as White men with a beer and a ford truck, White woman a blond beauty with blue eyes, And with an old style 1950's charm, a suburbia. We all have agreed that although this isn't true this is how we envision America. So this is a racial fantasy we have created in our own minds even as Americans we are aware that this isn't so. Yet and still we cant break away from these images. Why is that? So if we wanted to change this image where would we start? Would we start with the media or is this a individual internal thing we need to do on our own? I don't know but whatever it is we need to do to change this we should. I believe America should be see as she is, not as she is imagined to be. I think this should have been easier for us to do as American living her and actually know the truth, that America is a image of many diverse people who come in all shades, that America is a mixture of all cultures. Heck White people didn't even found this country so why is it so hard to erase this image? I think what we could do to stop this is give America a mental nip and tuck try to envision yourself when you see America, then go on to envision your neighbors, your friends whom are all very different as American. The way they wear their hair, the way they cook their foods, even the religious holidays they celebrate should be considered American. (Not all countries have these freedoms/right that we take for granted.)Not just the stereotypical mainstream version of white culture as being "The all American" but everything I just mentioned, Because what make America Beautiful is the freedoms. The freedoms that we have to live collectively, with people from all different diverse back grounds. This is what Set's America apart democracy, and freedom. Its the freedoms that make it beautiful Not one race or another.

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