How To Adapt To American Culture

As various forms of globalization continue to strengthen our global community, the world is beginning to adapt to the American culture. Kevyn Jacobs believes that with the help of media, mass communication sites, transportation, the internet, and trade, the spread of american traditions are seeping through the world. In the most subtle way possible, globalization is stripping everyone of their culture, and integrating them into this new world. One of the specific examples Kevyn Jacobs gave was: “Most importantly, you will speak English…. We will adopt your language into the English language”. I have seen this statement become true right before my eyes. Personally, I have traveled a lot in my life, and every airport I have been to has english signs in it. Some of these airports were in Doha, Frankfurt, Delhi, and
If this isn’t globalization, then I don't know what is. Basically globalization is an act of ethnocentrism. The US believes that their culture is far more superior than everyone else's, so they have taken it upon themselves to impose americanization on everyone around the globe. Transnational companies are helping in this process by being the bridge to imperialism. Globalization is essentially a form of imperialism, because it is extending the influence and identity of America to consumers all around the world. Consumers buy products/services through these ever growing multinational corporations, and that brings them closer to American culture. For instance, McDonald's is a transnational company which sells American fast food to the world. Every Time a consumer eats the fast food they have just allowed themselves to be vulnerable to losing their identity. There is no other country that has as many transnational corporations as the US, which indicates that America is truly trying to homogenize the world. Consciously or unconsciously, our world is being assimilated into one large, urban, americanized, monocultural society, through the means of