I Know My Audience. Original Work

Tradition Discussion Board 2

Cultural traditions are constantly changing. With every new invention comes a change in society. Traditions are based on both stereotypes and reality. When a popular icon or famous person does something new, the world follows. In Face of an Angel, by David Sterritt, Sterritt talks about the traditional role of African Americans in films. Sterritt claims that the reason why African Americans are depicted in films as angels and saviors is because white people feel bad about forcing African Americans into slavery hundreds of years ago. In the past, African Americans used to be the bad guys in films, playing the roles of rappers or criminals. African Americans are now playing high importance roles of people with big degrees and leaders. Pop culture has changed the way that some people feel about African Americans according to Sterritt.

In You- Only Better, by Christine Rosen, culture has changed the way that people look and appearance and aging. It has become the popular and must do thing to get Botox and somehow try to reverse the signs of aging. The ability to change your appearance has changed the way that people look at themselves. People are now noticing what they see as flaws and changing them just because they can. Traditionally, you live with the face you were born with. People aged naturally and their appearance showed their age. Since the popularization of plastic surgery, people have the option to change their appearance. If you don't like the way you look, then change it! People used to be thankful that they don't actually have something wrong with them. Now, if there is one tiny thing that they don't like about how they look, they can change it if they have the money. Culture has influenced people to care a little too much about how they look. For some reason it is very bad to show and reveal your age, so people are getting surgery and Botox to reverse the aging signs. It is no longer acceptable to have an imperfect appearance among the wealthy people who can afford plastic surgery.

Cultural trends have changed the way that people function. Ellen DeGeneres describes the many advancements in technology and how they have changed our culture. The laziness of society has created different devices that allow is to function without trying really hard. DeGeneres talks about cell phones and how the use of them has allowed us to be able to talk to people everywhere we go. We no longer have to stay at home to talk to people over the telephone. The moving things in airports have allowed people to either walk less or get to places faster. Americans want things done quickly with not much work going into it. Life is now about convenience instead of hard work.