Week Four: Part Two Response. Exporting America

In other cultures you can find American fast food, entertainment, and products. These photographs show that many other cultures have embraced the American culture. Some of these advertisements I can be proud of and some not so proud of. McDonalds and Marlboro I am not so proud of, these two products that tend to get looked down on in our society at times and I believe that they should not be spread to developing nations, being that they are very unhealthy. As far a Nike goes it is a material object which Americans are fond of, but at the same time materialism is disgusting and can tend to mislead people. I do not agree with advertising to many material items in other cultures, because most cultures do not hold material items of high value and I think that is a beautiful thing. But at the same time there are material items from other cultures that might be good to embrace in America, this might give Americans more respect for other cultures. I can say that I am proud of Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Disneyland, and “Titanic“. Disneyland makes many people happy and tourists come from other countries to visit the ones in America, so I believe that by spreading Disneyland to other countries is a great idea. “Titanic” is an amazing movie and I feel that it is good that American movies can be found in other cultures; but at the same time when you look at our culture kids feel as though they need to look like the people in the movies, which I do not think is something that needs to be spread throughout the world. Coca-Cola and Pepsi are great products and other cultures have good soda pop that I wish would be advertised in America. Looking at these photographs made me realize that Americans do not embrace other cultures as much as we should. You can find other cultures products at stores like “World Market” but you can not find these products elsewhere. Other cultures have so many products, and entertainment that I feel that America should learn to embrace.