Nacirema

This blog is in response to class on Monday. We discussed the article about Nacirema, which I had no idea was just America spelled backwards until Dr. Goates informed us. I thought it was weird the way the author described things. He did make it seem really weird. This however is only because he was very vague and objective in his descriptions. This type of writing is called debunking. It also brings up the fact that those things are only weird when described that way because society doesn't work like that, which can be related to philosophy. Society is all about conforming. Dr. Goates wouldn't wear a dress to class because he would get laughed at. He wants to be taken seriously and not laughed at so he conforms and wear what everyone else does, pants and a shirt. I could sit here and talk about this for hours but I'll spare whoever reads this the time. It's just a very interesting topic.