For your assessment, you must answer the following question in two to three paragraphs:

What aspects of Buddhism are part of pop culture today?

Your response must:

include at least four examples of Buddhist influence in pop culture today
explain each Buddhist influence by clearly identifying the Buddhist belief or practice and how it influenced pop culture
include at least one image associated with a Buddhist influence on pop culture

Kundun, Little Buddha , What dreams may come and Bulletproof Monk are some examples of movies about Buddhasim.

Examples: There are many famous Buddhists that include of Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, , Tiger woods, and Sarah Jessica Parker.

Buddhism has started to influence a lot of different areas of our pop culture, meditation is being suggested by doctors for anxiety and stress relief, mindfulness retreats are becoming more popular as well.

since most of current immigration into the u.s., both legal and illegal, is coming from latin america. it would be very difficult to imagine or rationalize a country my fellow citizens are trying desperately to flee into, would pose a threat to my prosperity or freedom. since the u.s. has a long history of intervention, but no record of permanent occupation, i would not feel oppression is the main objective.  

the largest free trade nation, along with the largest gdp in the world wanting to expand it's economic policy on us, and including us, could only be positive. the u.s. government has no interest in, or way of simply forcing american culture on us. and has no track record of it. other nations that adopted american social culture, or "americanization" did so voluntarily, mainly through the choice of allowing american businesses and u.s. citizens to come into their nations, as free operatives.