Alendo amayenera kuyesa kuthana ndi 'woyipa waku America'

Pamene wolemba maulendo Beth Whitman anali ku Vietnam, adawona gulu la anyamata achichepere aku America akuyenda movutikira m'misewu kunja kwa Rex Hotel. M’chisangalalo chawo chaunyamata ndi mokweza, anamaliza kung’ambana malaya akumakwera pamahatchi.

“Ndinaganiza kuti malaya amenewo mwina amawononga mwina madola 20, 30, 40 liri lonse, ndipo pano muli m’khalidwe limene anthu sangapange n’komwe ndalama zimenezi pamwezi.

"Ndi zinthu zotere, kusadziwa momwe zingakhalire zosokoneza chikhalidwe cha komweko."

Khalidwe lotere, ngakhale likuwoneka ngati lopanda vuto, lingathandize kulimbitsa moniker ya "America wonyansa," yomwe idayamba kutanthauza khalidwe laphokoso, lamwano komanso lopanda nzeru la nzika zaku US zakunja.

Mawuwa anadza chifukwa cha buku lakuti “The Ugly American,” ndipo patatha zaka 50 kuchokera pamene linafalitsidwa, anthu ochokera ku United States akupitirizabe kulimbana ndi chifaniziro cha kudzikuza ndi kukonda dziko.

Yolembedwa ndi William J. Lederer ndi Eugene Burdick, bukuli limafotokoza za kulephera kwa mfundo zakunja zaku America komanso kulephera kwa zokambirana m'dziko lopeka lomwe likutukuka. M'bukuli, kazembe waku America m'dzikolo akuwonetsedwa ngati wankhanza komanso wopanda pake.

Cholowa chokhalitsa chimenecho sichinakhale chophweka kugwedezeka, ndipo ngakhale pulezidenti wa US amadziwa zotsatira.

Paulendo wake waposachedwapa wopita ku Turkey, Pulezidenti Obama ananena m’mawu ake ku Tophane Cultural Center ku Istanbul kuti akudziwa kuti “zimene anthu a ku United States akuganiza zili kunjako.”

"Nthawi zina zimasonyeza kuti America yakhala yodzikonda komanso yonyansa, kapena kuti sitisamala za dziko lomwe sitingathe," adatero. "Ndipo ndabwera kuti ndikuuzeni kuti si dziko lomwe ndimalidziwa komanso si dziko lomwe ndimalikonda."

Whitman, mlembi wa maupangiri a "Wanderlust and Lipstick" komanso wofalitsa "Kuyenda ndi Ana," nthawi zambiri amapereka maphunziro ndi zokambirana - zambiri zolunjika kwa apaulendo achikazi - ndipo amalankhula za kufunikira kwa anthu aku America kukhala oimira dziko lawo ali kunja.

"Ndizokhudza kulemekeza dziko ndi chikhalidwe, kuchitira anthu ulemu komanso osayang'ana ndalama zanu ndi katundu wanu," adatero Whitman. "Zili kwa munthu aliyense kukhala kazembe ndikuwonetsa dziko lawo bwino."

Wolemba mabuku wina dzina lake Ann Hulbert analemba kachigawo ka The New York Times Magazine zaka zingapo zapitazo ponena za chikhumbo chake chofuna kusaganiziridwa ngati munthu wonyansa wa ku America pamene banja lake linapita ku Istanbul ndi gombe la Turkey.

Hulbert anatenga sitepe yotsutsa imodzi ya T-shirts ya mwana wake wachinyamata, akudandaula kuti uthenga umene unalipo, “The Fighting Quakers. Amenyeni mpaka agwirizane,” mwina sizingamveke bwino m'dziko lachisilamu.

“Ndikuganiza kuti mukakhala dziko lalikulu ndi lamphamvu, n’kosavuta kwa dziko lonse kuona kuti simuchita zinthu moganizira ena ndiponso modzichepetsa ngati mmene anthu ena amachitira,” anatero Hulbert, yemwe amafufuza mbali zimene iye amafufuza. maulendo asanafike maulendo ake. iReport.com: Munakhalapo ku Netherlands? Gawani zithunzi zanu zapaulendo

Christopher P. Baker, yemwe ndi katswiri woyendera maulendo aku Cuba komanso wolemba wopambana mphotho wa buku logulitsidwa kwambiri la "Moon Cuba," adati ali ndi nkhawa pazomwe zichitike ngati ziletso zapaulendo zidzachotsedwa mdzikolo.

Anakumbukira zaka ziwiri zapitazo pamene anali kuyang'ananso imodzi mwa mahotela oyambirira a nyenyezi zisanu a Havana omwe anali atangotsegulidwa kumene. Ataimirira m’chipinda cholandirira alendo ndi mmodzi wa akuluakulu a hoteloyo, anaona mwamuna wina akungonyowa kuchokera padziwe ndipo atakulungidwa ndi chopukutira, akutuluka mu elevator.

Bamboyo adadutsa mu bar, kutsika masitepe ndi kulowa mchipinda cholandirira miyala ya marble pomwe ogwira ntchito amayesa kumugwira, adatero Baker.

“Ndinawamva akunena kuti, ‘Sitilola alendo kulowa m’chipinda cholandirira alendo atavala chonchi,’ ndipo mwamunayo anati, ‘Eya, ndikudziwa’ m’nkhani yakuya yaku America,” anatero Baker. "Makhalidwe ngati amenewa siachilendo kwa Achimereka, koma ndi mtundu wazinthu zomwe zingapangitse anthu aku America kukhala ndi dzina loyipa."

Katswiri wamakhalidwe ndi moyo a Thomas P. Farley amayendetsa malowa Zomwe Makhalidwe Ambiri ndipo adati Achimereka amakonda kuwonedwa ngati omasuka komanso osatetezedwa ngati mbadwa za mayiko ena - monga umboni posachedwapa ndi mayi woyamba Michelle Obama kumuyika. gwirani mozungulira Mfumukazi Elizabeth II waku Britain.

"Izi ndi zina zomwe zidapangitsa kuti anthu ambiri aku Briteni anjenjemere, koma pomaliza, anthu adaziwona ngati mawonekedwe abwino komanso china chake chaku America choti achite," adatero Farley, yemwe adawonjezeranso kuti apaulendo ayenera kukhala aulemu. maiko ena monga akanakhala atakhala m’nyumba ya munthu wina.

A Obamas atha kukhala akuthandizira kusintha malingaliro awo.

Wolemba zoyendera Beth Whitman adati kusankhidwa kokha kwa Purezidenti Obama kwathandizira kukweza mbiri ya America padziko lonse lapansi.

"Zinathandiza kusintha momwe timawonera, koma chinsinsi chenicheni ndi khalidwe munthu akangofika kudziko," adatero Whitman. "Ena mwa [malingaliro oyipa a ku America] adzakhalapo mosasamala kanthu kuti ndi ndani paudindo, ndichifukwa chake aliyense ayenera kutenga udindo wokhala woyimira bwino kwambiri dziko lawo momwe angathere."