Something I thought about while I was printing yesterday:

The 6 stages of American/European/christian dealings with cultures other than their own:

"discovery" - funny, the thought that you can "discover" a culture that was probably there long before you.

misunderstanding - seeing that someone else's culture is different from yours, and not understanding why they do things differently or don't do the things you do.

disgust/fear - not understanding why people don't do the things you do, and hating and fearing them for not doing things the way you do; considering their culture and way of living inferior to yours, or a threat to yours.

oppression/eradication - turning that misunderstanding and hatred into a frenzy of destruction or "conversion"- either trying to convert people to your "side" so you can understand them within your context or just wiping them out entirely.

acceptance - eventually a few people see through the hatred and misunderstanding and realize that their treatment of other people has been unfair. They feel guilty and being to tolerate or sometimes even accept that certain culture (while often fearing a different one)

re-appropriation/bastardization - eventually this acceptance or tolerance filters down and becomes more engrained, until they think that it is acceptable behavior to adopt, change and mock these cultures.

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