The Pros And Cons Of Americanization

Why some cultures are being Americanized? Some people may think that American culture is forcing itself on their cultures or local cultures. The truth is, these cultures are allowing Americanization to take place in their countries because they want to, and they are accepting this idea. For example, in Kuwait people started to wear jeans since the seventies and in every year there is a new jeans style. My mother once told me that when she and her friends started to wear jeans they had the “Flare” style and it was the fashion at that time. In every year the style changes and sometimes it goes all round to the old styles until today the fashion is the “Skinny” jeans or “Super Skinny”; this fashion trend started when people traveled to the USA …show more content…
Also few writers are worried that the world will be homogenized by American culture. In “All Things Asian Are Becoming Us”, Andrew Lam argues that the world is not being Americanized but going through what is called Asianization, which means that Asian cultures are rising and their voice is being heard around the world; while Americanization is taking a break. Moreover, in “Globalization”, Anthony Giddens talked about the meaning of globalization and how it effects on nation-states, economics and the institution. In “The Rise of the Rest”, Fareed Zakaria claims that the United State succeeds to globalize the world and benefitted from this idea. American culture is affecting and changing the entire world by technology, education and …show more content…
United States is known for its freedom and democracy which is something missing in some countries. This freedom is connected with clothes or the way people dress and the freedom of speech. A lot of people think that Americanization has a negative impact on their local culture. For instance, in Saudi Arabia they don’t have that much freedom so mostly they choose to study in the United States to seek the freedom they need and to breath. Except those people when they come back to their home country, they start asking for more; they ask for the freedom of speech and no one can stop them which can cause problems. Another example of the bad effect of Americanization, in Kuwait girls and boys dress like Americans, with the skirts, shirts, jeans, dresses and suits and trying to imitate them in everything considering this as modernization. I’m not saying that they can’t dress like them, but the bad side is when they show a lot of their body parts or wear something that is too stretch which can be against the culture. Zakaria provides a good example showing how we live in a scary time “We are told that we live in dark, dangerous times” (Zakaria 199). According to Zakaria, the way people change in a fast way is scary and we should be aware of what is changing. This might be the reason why most people think negatively about Americanization; they keep listening to old stories that makes them stand for their