Week 5

In my Race and Culture paper, I would like to reflect on the ancient African tribal practice of ubuntu and whether it could successfully be used in American communities. If we look at the end result of our desires and are able to visualize how the working together of a community can produce well-being for everyone, we could help our group as a whole to be successful and not just the individual. The difficulty here lies in the American dream that places focus on the prosperity of the individual and does not stress a need for community inter-connectedness as a means to a prosperous end. I think the size of a community plays a role in whether ubuntu philosophy can play a positive role. In smaller units it is easier for everyone to have a place, the larger and more global you make your group the ea