raff ellis' "is american culture really superior to all others?" asks a very important question, answers it with a 'no' but raises a strange issue for me, viz what kind of question is that?



more apposite titles would have been:

• "why do so many americans think that american culture is superior to all others?"


• "who told americans that their culture is superior to all others?"


• "woe betide those who think that their culture is superior to all others"

this is an excellent piece, but its very title suggests that you, also, have not got a real grip on the answer.



update



having re-read the piece, i can only admit mea culpa. this is a truly excellent piece and doesn't deserve such sniping - perhaps i need to examine whether i believe my own culture to be superior to raff's