Ibelema's identity crisis and Wilson's oppositional stance In Minabrere Ibelema's essay "Identity Crisis", Ibelema suggests that traditional American culture it is so powerful that all cultures conform to it. Ibelema does this by showing how the mass media portrays African Americans in relation to their cultural identity using situation comedies as a measurement tool. Of the episodes used by Ibelema, very few look at the cultural identity of African Americans. However, what they do is briefly address a cultural storyline for one episode, and then return to traditional Anglo programming. On the other hand, Elizabeth Wilson states in her essay "Oppositional Dress" that subcultures exist in society and are strong enough to resist assimilation into the mainstream, and still exist on their own terms. Wilson proves his point by providing examples of subcultures that have appeared in society and shows that they still thrive today. One example Wilson uses is the hippie culture that evolved in the 1960s. He points out that hippies can be seen in some areas of the United States today, proving his point. He also mentions other movements such as the Gay Liberation Movement, the punk movement and the Skin Heads, all of which can be seen in some form today. In mainstream American culture some individual subcultures are lost in the mainstream, but are not forgotten, however most oppositional cultures resist assimilation into the mainstream and continue to define themselves on their own terms. In Ibelema's essay, he states that mainstream culture is so strong that individual cultures assimilate into it. This proposition is not entirely correct. The examples Ibelema uses derive from situation comedies aimed at a cross-cultural mainstream audience. His point is that African American culture is non-existent, or assimilated because African American cultural values ​​are not fully expressed in these sitcoms, so they are part of the assimilation process. Since these sitcoms are aimed at cross-cultural audiences, the assumption used by Ibelema is false. African American culture is not lost in America, its existence is found in the homes of African Americans across America and is passed down through mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers. An opposing view to this argument is Elizabeth Wilson's essay "Oppositional Dress." His belief is that subcultures exist in mainstream society and dictate their own existence.