My Question of the Day for 09 February 2010 – UPDATED
My Question of the Day: Are Americans “snobs” when it comes to what they perceive as “the right” lifestyle and/or culture?
My 2 Cents: I don’t know if I’d called American “snobs” about what they perceive as “the right” lifestyle and/or culture, but I will say that we seem to think other countries should do things our way.
If the steering wheel is on the opposite side of a car than that to which we are accustomed, we say it’s on the “wrong side.”
Wherever many of us go outside the U.S., we expect that there’s somebody who speaks English, and we search out these people rather than attempt to learn another language.
Many of us think everybody wants to live in America because of our lifestyle and/or culture, which I don’t believe is true. I’d assert that others want to come to America for the educational and/or financial opportunities, but they don’t necessarily want to assimilate into the American lifestyle and/or culture. That’s why people can live here for over 40 years and never lose their accent or the customs of their birthplaces. That’s why we have communities within communities here. Not everyone buys into the “American Dream,” even if they do want to take advantage of the opportunities.
This, however, may not be exclusive to America. Maybe in other countries, they think about their lifestyle and/or culture just as many Americans. It could just be patriotism and pride, not conceit and arrogance.
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Take a few moments to check out the tweets from Twitter on this subject:
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nukirk That beliefs r not exclusively American. Look @ what we got: Our own English & measuring system that I’m still have trouble w/.
PROTECTED TWEETER Yes! I’ve noticed the people who are like that became citizens and were not born in America. Weird huh?..and it seems like they base this idea of Amerian culture on a particular race
JoshDamage idk if they are snobs but they certainly don’t appreciate living in a democracy
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