“Keep your language. Love its sounds, its modulation, its rhythm. But try to march together with men of different languages, remote from your own, who wish like you for a more just and human world” (qtd in Goodreads.com). The world that surrounds humans is full of diversity. Humans have developed different languages, ideologies, and religions. It is truly remarkable what they have accomplished in diversity. However, in the modern era they have the opportunity to merge into a greater, more unified world culture. According to the articles “Wrong Ism” by J.B. Priestly and “America: The Multicultural Society” by Ismael Read, today’s world is moving towards a global, multicultural society that will bring humans closer together because of cultural
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As stated by Ishmael Read, “He said that one section included mosques, built by the Islamic people who dwelled there. Attending his reading, he said, were large numbers of Hispanic people, forty thousand of who lived in the same city. He was not talking about a fabled city located in some mysterious region of the world. The city he visited was Detroit” (286). This quote illustrates an example of cultural blending in America. Usually, Hispanics are not found in a place of Muslim worship. This would be considered an oddity to some Americans because this is unheard of. However, it shows that certain groups are taking in new ideologies and incorporating them into their lives. According to the author, “The next day I went to McDonalds and snapped pictures of smiling youngsters eating hamburgers below paintings that could grace the walls of any of the country’s museums. The manager of the local McDonalds’s said, “I don’t know what you boys are doing, but I like it,” as he commissioned the local painters to exhibit in his restaurant” (Read 287).The manager of this fast food restaurant unknowingly exposes other people to a part of African art. Because of this, he is helping in the blending of cultures in America by allowing art forms unfamiliar to the average American to be witnessed in a usual place. As reported by Read, “A few months before, as I was leaving Houston, Texas, I heard it announced on the radio that Texas’s largest minority was Mexican Americans, and though a foundation recently issued a report critical of bilingual education, the taped voice used to guide the passengers of the trams connecting terminals in the Dallas Airport is in both Spanish and in English. If the trend continues, a day will come when it will be difficult to travel through some sections of the country without hearing commands in both English and Spanish” (287). The
As stated by Ishmael Read, “He said that one section included mosques, built by the Islamic people who dwelled there. Attending his reading, he said, were large numbers of Hispanic people, forty thousand of who lived in the same city. He was not talking about a fabled city located in some mysterious region of the world. The city he visited was Detroit” (286). This quote illustrates an example of cultural blending in America. Usually, Hispanics are not found in a place of Muslim worship. This would be considered an oddity to some Americans because this is unheard of. However, it shows that certain groups are taking in new ideologies and incorporating them into their lives. According to the author, “The next day I went to McDonalds and snapped pictures of smiling youngsters eating hamburgers below paintings that could grace the walls of any of the country’s museums. The manager of the local McDonalds’s said, “I don’t know what you boys are doing, but I like it,” as he commissioned the local painters to exhibit in his restaurant” (Read 287).The manager of this fast food restaurant unknowingly exposes other people to a part of African art. Because of this, he is helping in the blending of cultures in America by allowing art forms unfamiliar to the average American to be witnessed in a usual place. As reported by Read, “A few months before, as I was leaving Houston, Texas, I heard it announced on the radio that Texas’s largest minority was Mexican Americans, and though a foundation recently issued a report critical of bilingual education, the taped voice used to guide the passengers of the trams connecting terminals in the Dallas Airport is in both Spanish and in English. If the trend continues, a day will come when it will be difficult to travel through some sections of the country without hearing commands in both English and Spanish” (287). The