In this weeks readings Dawson delves right into the history of the Americas relationship with the united states using a colorful anecdote featuring Dawson himself receiving directions in Kingston from a man, who references “the white man” aka Colonel Sanders multinational fried chicken business tycoon…KFC. Although it seems like a funny, lighthearted story, Dawson reveals that there is so much more to this interaction than that. It shows the presence, unwanted at that, of the united states in Latin America. I found this chapter a very interesting, and difficult read. Most intriguing to me, however, was the one of the documents that accompanies this chapter. The piece is titled “From Noble Savage to the Third World.” by Ariel Dorfman. This piece aims to criticize western media (in particular the cartoon by Disney Donald Duck)  for its misuse, mis-characterization, misrepresentation and cultural appropriation of Latin Americans (and many other groups as well). It discusses at length the nauseating ways in which these cartoons patronized entire groups of people “According to Disney, underdeveloped people are like children, to be treated as such, and if they don’t accept this definition of themselves, they should have their pants taken down and be given a good spanking.” (Dawson, 201) All in all this chapter and article were illuminating to read and gave a lot to think about in terms of the media we consume and the incredibly adverse effects that come with it.