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Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (60446)	8/31/2001 8:58:22 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

That is so interesting about the absence of plurals. Barbara Kingsolver's book, Pigs in Heaven talks some about the difference between the Indian (AMerican) culture and ours and one of these is the emphasis on the priority of the tribe over the individual. The conflict in the book had to do with allowing Americans outside the nation to adopt an Indian child (they won't) even when the adoption is in the best interests of the child. It was such an alien concept for me I found myself furious at the Indian lawyer, though by the end I did begin to have some understanding- of not agreement. It's no wonder we have so many problems with our immigration and integration process when one considers that some cultures - even those that may appear very similar to ours-- may have beliefs and attitudes, and thus behaviors, rooted in a concept that's in direct opposition to our American value system. Freddy brought up something once that I agreed with completely, which will no doubt surprise him. He said we seem to have this naive idea that when people come here from elsewhere they somehow absorb American values when they cross the borders leaving their own behind in Customs with the pineapples. (well, I reworded what he said; Im sure he said it far more intelligently). When I look at it this way, I can't be surprised at some of the gang behaviors that may be reflecting cultural attitudes about women (e.g.) To change deep-rooted attitudes takes generations not days. We have no bros in yuppieville to get down wid, though I feel sure the real Rambi can get down with just about anyone. I on the other hand, not carrying her gummibear firepower, am a lot shyer.