"No culture can survive if it tries to be exclusive." This quote was uttered by the preeminent leader, Mahatma Gandhi. Every existing culture is unique and important because of its vast traditions and beliefs. The extent of one's culture influences the way one perceives others and the world. Throughout the stories, "Where World's Collide", "An Indian Father's Plea", and the "Letter from Willie Lynch", each culture presented was controlled by another culture. Each character had to adapt to a whole new culture, leaving their traditions hidden. History shows that the dominant culture wanted to remain dominant while adapting others to its traditions and principles. The authors of these stories were able to express themselves through imagery, painting a picture that readers could relate to, appealing to their human senses. In the story "Where World's Collide", Pico Iyer guides us through the different cultures of LAX. as "they [came out], dazed, disoriented, their heads still partly in the clouds, their bodies still several time zones - far away, [as they 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. "They may have already visited the restroom where someone wrote 'Yes on Proposition 187. Mexicans are going home.'" Observing evidence of racial discrimination in the restroom, Pico Iyer had just a glimpse of this how some members of American culture felt about the arrival of new cultures in their country. Judgmental theories and opinions seem to have influenced the way society views other cultures. 'a person can have a negative impact on them mentally... middle of document...... view another culture through discrimination Every given story involves discrimination, as each expressed significantly in. the story, "Where World's Collide" was shown in an environment for the purpose of existence in Los Angeles. The "letter" discrimination was revealed because it expressed the dominance of one culture against another culture whose weaknesses. had been strategically studied. This strategy kept the weaker culture in a permanent state of corruption. Under “A Father's Plea,” racial discrimination was in effect when one person considered another person of a different culture to be a “foreigner.” They lacked knowledge of their traditions because, in their eyes, these did not meet their standards. If a culture could remain strong and empowering, many of their negative views could be transformed into positive ones..