This paper is going to talk about two different articles. First article is the “Five Faces Of Oppression” by Iris Marcon Young, where she talks about the theory of cultural imperialism. The second article “ Home Run: My Journey Back to Korean Food” by Roy Ahn, where it also talks about cultural imperialism. In the second article Ahn affirms young’s theory of cultural imperialism.
In the first article, Young explains the theory of cultural imperialism. For example, Young states that “ cultural imperialism involves the universalization of the dominant group’s experience and culture, and its established as the norm”(59). This means that a person is judged by his/her roots in other different perspective of their self. Also in Young’s article …show more content…
She struggled to pick up English and didn’t make any friends outside the her Korean Church”(26). Here we can see that her mom had a hard time learning English and unfortunate she did not have any other communication or friend that will help her socially. But before that, in Young’s article it mentions that “ the oppressed group’s own experience and interpretation of social life finds little expression that touches the dominant culture, while the same culture oppressed group it’s an experience and interpretation of social life”(60). I connected these two quotes because as you can see she had a hard time communicating with people that speak English which made her feel inferior and insecure about herself. Also, we can see that in the United States English is the dominant language which makes people that speak other languages inferior and imposed them to speak it.
Another example of cultural imperialism that Ahn gives in her article is that, “ Little Korean boys do not take formal cooking lessons from their mothers; the kitchen is considered a woman’s domain”(26). This means that boys or men are considered in this case the dominant group and the woman's are the inferior. Also, we can see that different cultures that have the same position as its mention in the article. Also, as people from different culture try to accommodate to the American food and culture they started …show more content…
We can see that his dad wanted to be part of the American culture, but sometime it was hard, for him trying to accommodate to another culture food because he was always wanting to eat Korean food. As it was mentioned in the article “I should mention that our house in California had two refrigerators: one in the kitchen for American food, and one in the garage for the Korean food”(25). We can see that they wanted to adapt to the American food, but also they also did not want to forget their real homemade food which made mom and dad happier. But then, in the article it states that, “ How embarrassing would it be if my friends ever got a whiff of the real stuff we ate”(25). We can see that all of this cultural imperialism has made him to be concerned about whether their friend will like it if they find out or if they will make fun of it. He is oppressive by what he eats and about what their friends will say because of the dominant culture in the United
In the first article, Young explains the theory of cultural imperialism. For example, Young states that “ cultural imperialism involves the universalization of the dominant group’s experience and culture, and its established as the norm”(59). This means that a person is judged by his/her roots in other different perspective of their self. Also in Young’s article …show more content…
She struggled to pick up English and didn’t make any friends outside the her Korean Church”(26). Here we can see that her mom had a hard time learning English and unfortunate she did not have any other communication or friend that will help her socially. But before that, in Young’s article it mentions that “ the oppressed group’s own experience and interpretation of social life finds little expression that touches the dominant culture, while the same culture oppressed group it’s an experience and interpretation of social life”(60). I connected these two quotes because as you can see she had a hard time communicating with people that speak English which made her feel inferior and insecure about herself. Also, we can see that in the United States English is the dominant language which makes people that speak other languages inferior and imposed them to speak it.
Another example of cultural imperialism that Ahn gives in her article is that, “ Little Korean boys do not take formal cooking lessons from their mothers; the kitchen is considered a woman’s domain”(26). This means that boys or men are considered in this case the dominant group and the woman's are the inferior. Also, we can see that different cultures that have the same position as its mention in the article. Also, as people from different culture try to accommodate to the American food and culture they started …show more content…
We can see that his dad wanted to be part of the American culture, but sometime it was hard, for him trying to accommodate to another culture food because he was always wanting to eat Korean food. As it was mentioned in the article “I should mention that our house in California had two refrigerators: one in the kitchen for American food, and one in the garage for the Korean food”(25). We can see that they wanted to adapt to the American food, but also they also did not want to forget their real homemade food which made mom and dad happier. But then, in the article it states that, “ How embarrassing would it be if my friends ever got a whiff of the real stuff we ate”(25). We can see that all of this cultural imperialism has made him to be concerned about whether their friend will like it if they find out or if they will make fun of it. He is oppressive by what he eats and about what their friends will say because of the dominant culture in the United