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... By contributing to the culture around him, the individual is part of the cultural change. ... Many of us have several cultural identities. ... While the interaction between groups can vary drastically from culture to culture, the relationship of the individual to the group is equally changeable: both depend on and interact with each other, however depending on the cultural environment, the emphasis may be more on the individual or on the group the individual belongs to. ... Nevertheless, according to cultural essentialism, a binary opposition is created; one side is seen as superior to the other which defers to it. ... The colonial self-portrait of Western culture however, only a faint resemblance to the moral, political and cultural values that actually pervaded life in Western societies. ... Cultural essentialism would reject the idea that there is anything that can solidly and uncontroversially be defined as “Indian culture”,or “African culture” or “Western culture” for that matter. It would proceed by challenging “a picture of the world” that some versions of cultural relativism assume to be true . ... Therefore,we should get out of state control and constantly make choices for “right to be different”.
Approximate Word count = 1525
Approximate Pages = 6.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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