remote cultures

1. Remote Cultures
1) Overall Impressionof bothcultures
Indians- veryremote,theytravelaroundwhenresourcesare usedupso theyare hard to find.
Theyare verydifferentfrommyculture.
Whites- veryoddwayof livinginmyeyes.
2) Implications(social,political,legal,religious,economics,others)
Indians- the women wore sticksthroughtheirfacestoshow theywere single,theyhallucinated
to have religiousexperiences,theyhave nowrittenlanguage,barelywearany clothinganda 10 yearold
girl marrieda 36 year oldman.
White- Jescobreakslawsalot of the time and has to dotime,the familygetsintheircarsand go
“mud running”Jescolooksatelvislike he ishisreligiousfigure.
3) How do theycompare to yours
Indians- IwearclotheswhenI’minpublic,itisn’tacceptable fora10 year oldto getmarriedto a
36 year old, Ido not live ina remote area,Ihave a writtenlanguage,andwhenimsingleIdonot wear
sticksinmy face.
Whites- theyare veryviolent, Jescohasmultiple personalitiesandhasanElvisroom (whichis
alsohisbedroom) Idon’tdo/ have anyof those things.
4) Similaritiesbetweenbothcultures
Both culturesare veryviolentandare remote fromthe restof the worldandthey don’twant to
change.
5) How do youthinkthose cultureswere created
There were noadvancesinthose areasso nothingchangedsothese remote areashave these
culturesthatare much differentfromours.
6) What wouldittake to integrate those culturestoours,shouldwe?
I don’tthinkwe should.Theylike the waytheylive.If we gave the Indiansmoderntools,they
wouldlearntorelyon themandkeepadvancingtill we are the same culture andsame withthe Whites.
Everyone wouldbe the same andwe wouldn’tlearnotherculturesandhave differences.Also,since the
Indiansare so secluded,if we came overtowhere theyare,we wouldcarrydisease tothem.