How Communities’ Identities Change Over Time What is the generalized other? Well it is the set of beliefs, roles, and norms followed by different cultures and this generalized other changes continuously in many cities around America and the world. For example, London is very modern, so it has a generalized other that is very progressive compared to what it was a few decades ago . Community identity is a very complex force that feeds on cultural changes and people’s ideas and rules and because of this most cities such as Orlando, London, and Cary change over time and their various community identities’ change with them.
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It started out as a swamp that no one wanted and now it has become the epitome of the family vacation. This is because of Walt Disney and his Disney World that he brought to Orlando, he built it in there because he felt like the area could prosper if given a second chance, and prosper it did. This prosperity resulted Disney World attracting many people from all parts of the world. This not only led to success and growth, but to a great amount of diversity in Orlando. T. D. Allman states in “ How Walt Disney Changed Everything” that “ Diversity is not an objective, or a program, or a lifestyle here. It is life” (31). This quote illustrates the fact that diversity is not a goal for the people of Orlando, it is simply of fact of life, as they have evolved to a point where they have encountered people of all walks of life. The generalized other has changed in Orlando so that the people of Orlando feel more accepting and “American” because of Disney World and the specific culture that is associated with it. So Orlando has become a diverse and overflowing “wonderland” filled with people, in contrast to the desolate swampland it was a mere fifty years ago. It’s people feel like they belong to something that is different from other cities more surreal, but in reality they actually are just being influenced by the culture that Walt Disney so greatly wanted to introduce to the world, a culture of
London is another city that has once again adapted to the changing times and has undergone a metamorphosis so that it can …show more content…
It started out as a swamp that no one wanted and now it has become the epitome of the family vacation. This is because of Walt Disney and his Disney World that he brought to Orlando, he built it in there because he felt like the area could prosper if given a second chance, and prosper it did. This prosperity resulted Disney World attracting many people from all parts of the world. This not only led to success and growth, but to a great amount of diversity in Orlando. T. D. Allman states in “ How Walt Disney Changed Everything” that “ Diversity is not an objective, or a program, or a lifestyle here. It is life” (31). This quote illustrates the fact that diversity is not a goal for the people of Orlando, it is simply of fact of life, as they have evolved to a point where they have encountered people of all walks of life. The generalized other has changed in Orlando so that the people of Orlando feel more accepting and “American” because of Disney World and the specific culture that is associated with it. So Orlando has become a diverse and overflowing “wonderland” filled with people, in contrast to the desolate swampland it was a mere fifty years ago. It’s people feel like they belong to something that is different from other cities more surreal, but in reality they actually are just being influenced by the culture that Walt Disney so greatly wanted to introduce to the world, a culture of