Critical Analysis Of "Identity Crisis" And "Oppositional Dress"

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In mainstream american culture some individual
sub cultures do get lost in the mainstream, but are not forgotten, however most
oppositional cultures resist assimilation into the main steam and continue to
define themselves on their own terms.
In Ibelema's essay, he says that the mainstream culture is so strong that
individual cultures assimilate into it. This proposition is not completely
correct. The examples Ibelema uses are derived from situation comedies that are
directed at a cross cultural mainstream audience. His point is that the African
American culture is nonexistent, or assimilated because African American
cultural values are not expressed fully in these sitcoms, thus they are a part
of the assimilation process. Because these sitcoms are directed at a cross
cultural audience the assumption Ibelema uses is false. The African American
culture is not lost in america, its existence is found in the homes of African
Americans throughout america and is passed on ...

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