From Study Unit 2, Body Ritual of Nacirema from American Anthropology by Horace Mire (1956) I've learned that other people's perception of you can manipulate you into thinking that 'you are what they they perceive you as'. The Nacirema system weren't based to focus on the health and the natural body of the people but rather to manipulate them into thinking that their natural body were ' ugly' and prone to weakness. Such in the way Professor Linton's Nacirema ritual ( that was bought in by him and his North American group) was poorly understood by natives due to them being from a different cultural background. As well as the medicine men that had written the ingredients in a secretive ancient language. I personally think that the whole system was based on hatred and making the natives feel inferior to them and them gaining power. Over years and years race has been a huge issue in society and some races had feel inferior to others due to how they were treated, a perfect example of this is our South African Apartheid system.

Unfortunately there has been a huge history of hate crimes and prejudice deriving from racism, but this doesn't mean it should be the reality we must live in. As society we need to tackle this social issue by taking the initiative in educating people on this issues. RESPECT OTHER CULTURES AND THEIR CULTURAL BELIEVES AS MUCH AS YOU RESPECT YOUR OWN.