Culture Influence Getting Stronger

         Culture influence and introduction in North America are becoming stronger. Every year I find myself more and more

influenced by different cultures. A larger amount of cultural ideas and ways of life are available to others. Restaurants,

exercising and dance classes are available to individuals. There are Chinese restaurants, Yoga, Tango, and a number of

other things that originated in one society and made its way to America. These allow people to have the opportunity to

experience and incorporate other cultures into their lives. Overall, this is a good thing. People become more rounded and

have more acceptances to other people and their cultures.

            Mass globalization is not happening just in major cities, but in the suburbs as well. Different aspects of cultures are

not added just for the benefit of those of different ethnicity. Things, such as restaurant with foreign food, are not popping

up solely for good business. Underneath that, people are willing to add such things in their daily lives, and the business

response to that is that they are.

            Adding different cultures into our lives does not make us a one culture world. We use these cultural ideas and tweak

them into something that shapes our society. Food for instance, Indian food we get at restaurants is not the same as the

food you would get in India. Tai Chi has one meaning in the U.S and a totally different one in china. Here it is used in order

to get exercise, become less fatigued, or to just try something new and exciting. In China it has a much more spiritual

meaning. It reflects their culture, while the U.S shapes it into something that reflects their own culture.