The Listening Project Analysis

The Listening Project
The film, The Listening Project, is an eye opening insight into what other countries think of America and Americans, the opinions of the people shown in this film were both positive and negative views of America. A concept that was explored was that citizens of America are also citizens of the world. Another concept that was explored was why it is important to listen to other people and what they think of us. I believe that to be a citizen of the world, one has to be open to the ideas of other cultures and countries and accepting and supporting of the way those other countries handle their affairs. I think some Americans think that they are just citizens of America and have no business learning about the diverse cultures around the world; however America is good at taking action when it will be beneficial to us. In this way, I believe Americans need to learn and understand more than they need to take action, not taking action and interfering in the business of other countries where we are not wanted may be a foreign concept to Americans however after watching The Listening Project I believe that other countries want us to understand and empathize with their plight rather than sending in troops and wasting our own resources and energy. …show more content…
I think America puts up a good front through the media as being a country that is trying to do the right thing, whereas in reality although we know what the right thing is to do we would rather do what will benefit us the