Binary Relationships

During yesterday’s class, I thought that the initial discussion was a great way to open the presentation. It is our nature to assume, based off of our limited knowledge, what we think different places in the world look like. It was an excellent way to show us how we perceive cities outside of the US. Another interesting point was the different binary relationship they presented. While the world is moving toward a more postcolonial order, there are not many relationships that are as easily separated like the relationship between a slave owner and a slave. When presented with the question to come up with another simple binary relationship, like that between religions, it seems that more and more in this world there are more mixtures occurring, instead of more imperialistic hegemons leading the way. No longer are there very many black and white concrete examples, but instead just as the theories tend to mix within countries, it seems that is also the way with many other aspects of world order. While I would have to agree that postcolonial tendencies seem to be rising in popularity in today’s world, I would also have to agree strongly with the argument that Agata presented, in stating that the United States has changed in the view of other countries as not being as imperialistic and strong as it used to.