Date Posted:23:44:38 04/19/04 Mon Author: mt. healthy mountaineer Subject: Re: culture In reply to:
stu
's message, "Re: culture" on 05:32:42 04/17/04 Sat
I am saying that we do not have one culture in the USA. We never have and I doubt that we ever will. It would be more accurate to say that I hope that we never will.
We have multiple cultures.
Sometimes we get along.
Sometimes we don't.
I thought I spoke quite lengthily on this in a long, rambling paragraph that outlined a number of different American cultures based on religion and/or social class and/or race and/or geography, etc.
Here is that paragraph so as to save you some time:
"Would I dare to demand that Black America deny its heritage to assimilate? Is the culture of New England the same as Montana's? Does the Hassidic Jew in New York City really have the same culture as the Latino migrant farm worker in California? Is South Florida's culture the same as Kentucky's? Is the culture of the middle class in suburban Kansas City the same as its upper class or its lower class, despite living within minutes of one another and rubbing elbows with one another day after day after day? Do all of these cultures share traits? Absolutely. Are they all the same? No. Should they all be the same? No."
Upon reading that again I have been moved to tears... Anyway, if I have still not answered your question than re-phrase it and I'll be glad to try again.
