Re: [EXTERNAL] 11 American Nations

Posted by Gary Schiltz-4 on Nov 09, 2013; 4:58pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/11-American-Nations-tp7584250p7584253.html

Whose writing is not colored by their cultural biases? I didn't find it to be so slanted that I'd consider it to be “tainted," but maybe that's my own cultural bias in play. It seemed pretty reasonable to me.  But then, I haven't read the book itself.

Gary

On Nov 9, 2013, at 9:51 AM, Parks, Raymond <[hidden email]> wrote:

> The concept is tainted by the cultural biases of the author.
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> An alternative view to the (I can't help but hear it in Dr. Suess'
> cadence) Red-State Blue-State version of Murrica.   I don't agree with
> it in detail but in sweeping generalizations (5.5x less general than
> red/blue?) it captures what I know our cultural "melting pot" to be
> crufted into:
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2013/11/08/which-of-the-11-american-nations-do-you-live-in/ 
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