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1、ShanYangfanDr.RenHaiyanEnglishandAmericanLiteratureClass30April2012CulturalIdentityinGlobalizedEnvironmentNowadays,globalizationisanoverwhelmingworldtrend.Advocatesofanti-globalizationviewglobalizationasakillerofculturaldiversity.Infact,globalizationisnotsimplyhomogenization;onthecontrary,itenh
2、ancesculturalidentity.Therefore,weshouldbetolerantenoughtodifferentculturesandlearnsomethingusefulfromthemwhilekeepourownculturalidentityinmindatthesametime.Justlikeeachoneofusisuniqueinthissociety,everyculturehasitsownidentityinhumancivilization.Inotherwords,culturetopeopleiswhatidentitytociti
3、zen.Itrevealstheuniquenessthatmakesusdifferent.However,withtheoverwhelmingtrendofglobalization,theconfusionofculturalidentityhasemergedgradually,affectingeveryaspectofourlife.TakeChinaasanexample,nowadays,numerousyoungpeopleareenthusiasticaboutwesternfestivalssuchastheChristmasDayandValentine’s
4、Day.ThefastfoodrestaurantsuchasMCandKFCareextremelypopularamongyoungpeople.What’smore,Hollywoodblockbusters,JapanesecartoonsandentertainmentindustryinSouthKoreahavefar-reachinginfluenceonChineseteenagersaswellassomeadults.Allofthosesetmethinking.Whoarewe?WhatdoesitmeanofbeingaChinese?IfaChinese
5、personspeakEnglish,celebratewesternfestivals,wearwestern-styleclothesandbelieveinwesternreligion,canhestillbecalleda6Chinese?Likemanyotherpeers,Ican'thelpthinkingaboutthisquestionuntilrecentwidelyreportsabouttheChineseAmericanLinShuhao,whichgivesmesomeenlightenment.HeisarisingstarinNBAanddrawss
6、omuchattentionbecauseofhismixedidentity.HewasbornandgrowsupinAmerica,andheismuchinfluencedbyAmericanculture,theonlythingspecialabouthimishisChinesedescent.Becauseofhisexcellentbasketballskills,AmericansandChinesearebotheagertoidentifyhimasoneoftheirmembers.However,Linoncesaid,"Youcancallmeeithe
7、rChinesebasketballplayerorAmericanbasketballplayer.Anyway,IamproudofbeingaChinese."Itseemsthatthetroublingidentitythingisnobigdealforhim.HeisjustarepresentativeofthenewgenerationofChineseyoungsterslivingabroad,fromwhomwecanseethef
