Thursday, March 04, 2004

I'm sitting here trying to catch hold of my thoughts to write something. For my ANTH 104 class, we are assigned a book called The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman. It is about "A Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures." Before that we learned about the Nuer, a Sudanese cultural group of agricultural herders who became refugees in Minnesota. It is so amazing to learn things about cultures other than my own. I love the perspective it offers. The realization that mine is not the only way to see things. Everyone has a right to his opinion.... right?