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Eric Yohe Mrs. Handler English 1A 12/10/02 The Confused Society According to Mike Rose, and Malcolm Kiniry, authors of Critical Strategies for Academic Thinking and Writing, "cultural politics refers to the negotiations of everyday life, including the ways even our most commonplace behavior is influenced by larger social forces-how power is distributed, how the economy operates, how history continues to shape our lives. How we relate to one another, what we do at school or work, the language we use, the rituals in which we participate, the values that we give to one kind of music or art over another-these are all expressions of cultural politics." As seen by this quote, cultural politics play a major role in the daily lives of individuals within a community or country. However, due to the desire for social acceptance, many countries, let alone societies, conform to the standards of others. Alas, in trying to be conventional, many cultures have lost...

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