Crazy Like Us: American Culture

Directions
Write two paragraphs (minimum of 200 words) that discuss your overall thoughts and reactions to the author's main thesis of this chapter.
Write a one-paragraph response (minimum of 100 words) to ONE of the following questions listed below.
Include two quotes from the chapter that stood out to you. Include the page number where your quotes can be found.
Questions (choose only one)
1.Do you believe America has become a culture that is suspicious of resilience and emotional reserve? Why or why not? (p123)
2. It takes a willful blindness to believe that other cultures lack a meaningful framework for understanding the human response to trauma. We pathologize their reactions. We say: “You don’t know how to live in this situation.” We take their cultural narratives away from them and impose ours. It’s a terrible example of dehumanizing people. (p107) If this statement is true, how do you think this can be avoided when we provide humanitarian aid to people in other countries?
Grading
Full points for the assignment will be earned when all 3 portions of the assignment are met. Two-paragraph (minimum of 200 words) general reaction (6pts), one-paragraph (minimum of 100 words) response to question (2pts), two quotes with page numbers (2pts). Check out the rubric!