Culture Paradigms - My thoughts
I recently watched a Ted Talk from Delali Bright. She shares her personal story about growing up in West Africa. She talks about how the cultural paradigms of her childhood affected how she felt about herself as a person. Then how she suffered a shift when she moved to the United States later in life. Because of her experiences, she is a self-image activist. She feels that people should not be made to feel less because they do not fit into the physical appearance paradigms of their country. Her talk is really interesting and the video is available to view here . So what can we learn from this experience? I'm sure many people suffer from the same kind of struggles. If you look back into history you can see the same kind of situations. Once it was considered ugly to have suntanned skin as it meant you had to work outside for a living. If you were pale, you were beautiful. Now it's considered beautiful to have a 'healthy' glow. How do cultural paradigms affect our everyd...