Short Assignment 3 Essays - African-American Culture, Hip Hop

7th February 2014 Short Assignment 3 Have you ever experienced the situation when you think people are different than you but in real it turns out that they are not? Last Wednesday, while sitting in the Gresham Food Court, I noticed several things. I saw that when people came in to eat, they mostly sat down with their friend that belonged to the same background as themselves. I believe one of the reasons for it is Ignorance. For instance in the essay My Freshman Year: Worldliness and Worldview, Nathan mentions that Americans have very limited knowledge about people from other backgrounds which can limit the interaction (Nathan par. 1). I also noticed that people were divided into two groups, the Asians and the Americans. Mostly while Asians were reserved and curling in themselves, all the Americans were sitting in groups talking loudly and laughing and trying to make a conversation. This made me realize that Americans are somewhat on the extrovert end whereas Asians are not much of a talker. Lastly I found out that like every other person in the world, Americans also have the general tendency to have fun. They eat the same things we eat and drink the same things we drink. They are no different than us. We just expect their worldview to be different but its similar to ours. For instance in Nikki Reynas article Loving Hip-Hop in Morocco, she mentions that Josh Asen was surprised at hip-hops popularity in Morocco as the country wasnt included in international marketing or promotions. He never would have guessed that Moroccan people would be into hip-hop (Reyna par. 3). People already have a mindset about other cultures. You wont know until you observe it by yourself. These observations will just make it clear for you and help you realize the truth. So did my observation change my worldview? It surely did. Works cited Nathan, Rebekah. "My Freshman Year: Worldliness and Worldview." The World of Writing: A Guide. Ed. Kate Mangelsdorf & Evelyn Posey. Boston: Longman, 2011. 216-220. Reyna, Nikki. Loving Hip-Hop in Morocco. The World of Writing: A Guide. Ed. Kate Mangelsdorf & Evelyn Posey. Boston: Longman, 2011. 128-130.