cultural imperialism

[Mina Kumar]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>Subject: Re: cultural imperialism
>Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 18:31:30 -0500
>
>Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
>>That is because the USA is the latest (and hopefully last) empire,
>>having decisively displaced European & Japanese empires by the end
>>of the Second World War.  The colonized go to study, work, &
>>sometimes settle in the land of the colonizers.  As no other
>>government has built as extensive an empire as the US government
>>(which has incorporated former European and Japanese colonies into
>>its sphere of influence), it is no surprise to see the most diverse
>>population here.
>
>Why did you come here? I ask that very seriously, not in any
>furtively accusatory or jingoistic way.

So, why do you ask?

(I assume you know Yoshie well enough to know that she did make a choice; 
the other possibility hardly bears thinking about.)

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