How the U.S. Sees China
American Kids Try is a cute web series that I like to watch when I'm feeling down. This is because the children's reactions to world cuisine is adorable and funny. However, due to this project and trying to learn about globalized representations, I took a deeper look at these reactions.
As American's we like to see our culture and people as the global norm. We do not like when things go off from this path. One example of how American's see the Chinese, is focusing on Chinese food as all they have to offer us. Chinese food has been stereotyped as something ordered cheaply from a Panda Express when we do not feel like cooking. However, Chinese food has a deeper tradition than this. But, of course due to years of this type of belief people do not see Chinese food beyond the Americanized version. This is perfectly shown in this video by the children thinking that the duck head and the jelly fish salad were "gross". One child even went as far as to call the interviewer a "murderer". Overall, there should be more of a respect for the customs of China because it is a nation with deep cultural value. This starts with parents teaching their children to be more open minded to the ways of the world.
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