"No culture can live if it tries to be exclusive." This quote was stated by the eminent leader, Mahatma Gandhi. Every existing culture is unique and significant due to its vast traditions and beliefs. The extent of one's culture influences how one sees others and the world. Throughout the stories, “Where the World Collides,” “An Indian Father's Appeal,” and “Willie Lynch's Letter,” each culture presented was controlled by another culture. Each character was expected to adapt to a completely new culture, leaving their own traditions hidden. It was described in the story that the dominant culture wanted to remain dominant while adapting others to their own traditions and principles. The authors of these stories were able to express themselves through imagery as they painted a picture that readers could identify with, appealing to their human senses. In the story "Where World's Collide," Pico Iyer takes us through the various cultures of LAX as they "[exited], dazed, disoriented, their heads still partly in the clouds, their bodies still several time zones - away, [while ] enter the Promised Land". From the perspective of an immigrant of Indian origin visiting the United States, Pico Iyer witnessed signs of discrimination, stereotyping, and cultural indifference. "Maybe they've already visited the bathroom where someone wrote 'Yes to Proposition 187. Mexicans are going home.'" Looking at the evidence of racial discrimination in the bathroom, Pico Iyer got a simple glimpse of how some in American culture felt about the arrival of new cultures in their country. Judgmental theories and views seemed to have influenced the way society views other cultures Discriminating against one's own culture can have a negative impact on them mentally... middle of paper. .. seen another culture through discrimination. Each story involves discrimination, as each of them expressed it in significant ways. In the story "Where World's Collide" discrimination was shown in an environment for the purpose of existing in Los Angeles “Literal” discrimination was revealed as expressing cultural dominance over another culture whose weaknesses had been strategically studied. This strategy kept the weaker culture in a state of permanent corruption. In a "Father's Appeal" discrimination on race was in effect as one person considered another person from a different culture as an "outsider". They endured a lack of knowledge of their own traditions as, in their eyes, it became unsuitable for their given standards. If a culture could remain strong and empowering, many of its negative perspectives could be transformed into positive ones.