While visiting Paris I first noticed that the Parisian population was very diverse. There was more variety of different cultures then in Berlin. Berlin’s population mostly consisted of Germans and Turks. Paris had not only French but Asian, Black, and Middle Eastern descents as well.All these different cultures made Paris a very cultural and lively city.
All ethnicities were noticeably brought together at night at the Latin Quarter and the EiffelTower, where loud hip-hop, soul, and classic urban music was played. They all were dancing bringing the community involved. Their heavy interest in this genre explained why there were advertisements of Paris Hip-Hop featuring 300 artists. The ad had a black fist straight up in the air depicting as urban power. This advertisement about hip-hop was everywhere, where as in Berlin I did not see any advertisements promoting the hip-hop genre. It was obvious that hip-hop had influenced the young Parisians.
The advertisements around the city also depicted ethnicity. One advertisement displayed a black musician who had some sort of relation with Nat King Cole. There were a lot of entertainment advertisements depicting black ethnicity; for instance, the Notorious B.I.G. movie and French movies that had black ethnicity portrayed in it. The black race was the only ethnicity that was seeing throughout Paris, the Asian race was portrayed as well. Ads with Asians weren’t as popular, but they were still depicted.
Out of most of the cities I’ve been to in Europe, I have to say Paris was the most diverse. It gave you the New York City feel, because of all the different cultures surrou
nding you. There was a lot diversity through the media really supporting every ethnicity and not afraid to mix different races. Furthermore, Paris was to me the most common to display different ethnicities in their ads, and it seemed to represent a lot of the community.
It is interesting how familiar a city looks after being a long time outside of our countries, we look for familiar things and activities that make us feel i home. I do agree with you in regards that; even though, Berlin is an important touristic city, one feels in a really different place. Paris, on the other hand, one is able to hear people speaking English or Spanish. Thas is just cultural diversity, like waht we experiment every day in the US.
It is interesting how familiar a city looks after being a long time outside of our countries, we look for familiar things and activities that make us feel i home. I do agree with you in regards that; even though, Berlin is an important touristic city, one feels in a really different place. Paris, on the other hand, one is able to hear people speaking English or Spanish. Thas is just cultural diversity, like waht we experiment every day in the US.
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