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Cultural Reflection Quotes
Cultural ReflectionEmotionEmpathyHumiliationIdentity This is going to sound ridiculous, but I remember watching 'Boyz n the Hood,' and there is a scene where Cuba Gooding, Jr. gets pressed against a car by a police officer, and he starts crying because it's so humiliating. I remember thinking in that moment that I could totally identify with him, and I'm a little white kid from Canada.
City LifeCultural ReflectionPerception Of RealityUniversal Experience I didn't want to make a literal film about Detroit, because it felt like what they were experiencing was more universal than that.
Cultural ReflectionHistorical PerspectiveIdentityNationalismPrejudice and Understanding During most of my life, my contact with Jews and Judaism was slight. I gave little thought to their problems, save in asking myself, from time to time, whether we were showing by our lives due appreciation of the opportunities which this hospitable country affords. My approach to Zionism was through Americanism.