I believe that what Dr. Hsu is saying is that American culture is all about how you can make yourself stand out from everyone else so you can gain popularity, and fame. Americans are worried about finding a way to obtain more wealth, more materialistic things and more beauty. Our TV shows glamorize programs that show fat Americans stuffing their faces with as much food as possible, while some children go to school hungry, or TV shows that are about rich over privileged families’ crazy antics who are only famous because they meet America’s fickle idea of a beauty this fashion season. Instead of striving to tackle the issues of hunger in America, or lack of adequate housing, or literacy in America, young people today tweet about how Starbucks
