American Culture|
Jun
30
Filed Under (American Culture) by Andrew
No One asked:
What have Filipinos/ Filipinas contributed to the American culture?
What have Filipinos/ Filipinas contributed to the American culture?
I need some info on their contributions to the USA for a history project.
Stuart
Jun
29
Igor M asked:
Some people says Immigrants need to assimilate into the American Culture… but can u be more explicit about that? Does the Mexican Culture is part of the American Culture? Is the American Culture the fusion of many Cultures or its something else? I am Mexicano in Seattle.
Who is an American?
Which ethnic groups, colors and national groups are representing America?
Edric
Some people says Immigrants need to assimilate into the American Culture… but can u be more explicit about that? Does the Mexican Culture is part of the American Culture? Is the American Culture the fusion of many Cultures or its something else? I am Mexicano in Seattle.
Who is an American?
Which ethnic groups, colors and national groups are representing America?
Edric
Jun
25
Filed Under (American Culture) by Andrew
Copthorne Macdonald asked:
Observers have noted that contemporary society is characterized by three sets of opposing forces:
1. BUSINESS-AS-USUAL forces that want to maintain the existing institutions and ways of doing things. They want to keep the mechanisms of institutional and governmental control pretty much as they are, keep the economy global and growing, and keep the world’s economic wealth in the hands of those who currently possess it.
2. NOSTALGIC forces that want to go back to an earlier time and way of doing things — to a simpler, less anarchic period characterized by traditional values and a slower pace of change.
3. INSIGHTFUL forces which recognize that neither of the above approaches are viable. This group’s vision is rooted in a deeper-than-ordinary understanding of our existential situation, and incorporates a new ethics which values both the-good-of-the-whole and the well-being of individuals. These forces advocate
• the long term sustainability of human society,
• economic justice (e.g., an adequate material standard of living for all, and an equitable sharing of resources and the fruits of technological innovation), and
• the establishment of cultures and institutions which allow people to develop their innate physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual potentials, facilitate a deep understanding of our existential situation, and lead people to voluntarily choose an empathetic, caring-based personal morality — a morality that is compatible with our existential situation, and which must become widespread if this vision of the future is to become an actuality.
This INSIGHTFUL group is surprisingly large. For more than a decade, pollster and values researcher Paul H. Ray studied the lifestyles, interests, values, expectations, preferences, and choices of Americans. Based on his work with hundreds of focus groups, dozens of surveys, and especially a highly-focused values survey at the end of 1994 [1], Ray reports that the insightful group, who he calls cultural creatives, total 44 million people. He says:
“American culture is changing rapidly. . . . Three different streams of cultural meanings and worldviews are evident at this moment in history: Traditional, Modern and Trans-Modern (i.e. becoming Integral), each comprising distinct subcultures of values. I use the terms Heartlanders, Modernists, and Cultural Creatives to denote, respectively, the bearers of these three subcultures.
“Today’s Heartlanders believe in a nostalgic image of return to small town, religious America, corresponding to the period 1890 to 1930. It is a mythical image that defines for its adherents the Good Old American Ways. The Heartlanders, America’s cultural conservatives, are 29% of the population, or 56 million adults.
“Modernism emerged 500 years ago in Europe at the end of the Renaissance. . . The dominant values are personal success, consumerism, materialism, and technological rationality. Bearers of Modernism represent about 47% of the population, or 88 million adults.
“Cultural Creatives (CCs) are so called because they are coming up with most new ideas in American culture, operating on the leading edge of cultural change. CCs have two wings: Core Cultural Creatives and Green Cultural Creatives.
“Core CCs (10.6%, or 20 million) have both person-centered and green values: seriously concerned with psychology, spiritual life, self-actualization, self-expression, like the foreign and exotic (are xenophiles), enjoy mastering new ideas, are socially concerned, advocate “women’s issues” and are strong advocates of ecological sustainability. They tend to be “leading edge” thinkers and creators. They tend to be upper middle class, and their male:female ratio is 33:67, twice as many women as men.
“Green CCs (13%, or 24 million) have values centered on the environment and social concerns from a secular view, with average interest in spirituality, psychology, or person-centered values. They appear to be followers of the Core CCs and tend to be middle class.
“This new subculture is busily constructing a new approach to the world: a new set of concepts for viewing the world, an ecological and spiritual worldview, a whole new literature of social concerns, a new problematique for the planet in place of the old set of problems that Modernism set out to solve, a new set of psychological development techniques, a return in spiritual practices and understandings to the perennial psychology and philosophy, an elevation of the feminine to a new place in human history.[2]“
Ray explains his use of the word Integral:
“The appearance of the Cultural Creatives is about healing the old splits: between inner and outer, spiritual and material, individual and society. The possibility of a new culture centers on the reintegration of what has been fragmented by Modernism: self-integration and authenticity; integration with community and connection with others around the globe, not just at home; connection with nature and learning to integrate ecology and economy; and a synthesis of diverse views and traditions, including philosophies of East and West. Thus Integral Culture.”
Other studies support Ray’s analysis. Duane Elgin has reported on a massive 43-nation World Values Survey[3] which revealed a major values shift in Scandinavia, Switzerland, Britain, Canada and the United States. Ronald Inglehart, the study’s coordinator, calls it the “postmodern shift.” The study revealed:
• A loss of confidence in all kinds of hierarchical institutions including government, business, and religion.
• A shift in emphasis from external authority to the authority that comes from an inner sense of what is appropriate.
• A shift from concern about material well-being to subjective well-being.
• A tendency to subordinate economic growth to environmental sustainability.
• A growing interest in discovering personal meaning and interest in life.
• An interest in roles for women that allow for greater self-realization.
In the “Wisdom in Action” section of THE WISDOM PAGE there is a list of 80+ links to organizations working toward a sustainable and more equitable world. You might also want to read reviews of two integrative books — books that link the inner and outer, the personal and the societal, to give us a clearer sense of how we can heal and transform ourselves, our institutions, and the global society: Ken Wilber’s A THEORY OF EVERYTHING and Michael Lerner’s SPIRIT MATTERS.
NOTES:
[1] Ray, Paul H. 1996 – The Integral Culture Survey: A Study of the Emergence of Transformational Values in America – a study sponsored by the Institute of Noetic Sciences and the Fetzer Institute, and available from the Institute of Noetic Sciences as Research Report 96-A, 415-331-5650.
Note: A more recent work which covers much of the same territory but updates some of the numbers is The Cultural Creatives by Paul H. Ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson. It was published in 2000 by Harmony Books, New York. You might also want to check out the Cultural Creatives Web site.
[2] Ray, 1996, pp. ix, x, 72.
[3] Elgin, Duane, 1997. Global Consciousness Change: Indicators of an Emerging Paradigm. San Anselmo, CA: Millennium Project.
Anthony
Observers have noted that contemporary society is characterized by three sets of opposing forces:
1. BUSINESS-AS-USUAL forces that want to maintain the existing institutions and ways of doing things. They want to keep the mechanisms of institutional and governmental control pretty much as they are, keep the economy global and growing, and keep the world’s economic wealth in the hands of those who currently possess it.
2. NOSTALGIC forces that want to go back to an earlier time and way of doing things — to a simpler, less anarchic period characterized by traditional values and a slower pace of change.
3. INSIGHTFUL forces which recognize that neither of the above approaches are viable. This group’s vision is rooted in a deeper-than-ordinary understanding of our existential situation, and incorporates a new ethics which values both the-good-of-the-whole and the well-being of individuals. These forces advocate
• the long term sustainability of human society,
• economic justice (e.g., an adequate material standard of living for all, and an equitable sharing of resources and the fruits of technological innovation), and
• the establishment of cultures and institutions which allow people to develop their innate physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual potentials, facilitate a deep understanding of our existential situation, and lead people to voluntarily choose an empathetic, caring-based personal morality — a morality that is compatible with our existential situation, and which must become widespread if this vision of the future is to become an actuality.
This INSIGHTFUL group is surprisingly large. For more than a decade, pollster and values researcher Paul H. Ray studied the lifestyles, interests, values, expectations, preferences, and choices of Americans. Based on his work with hundreds of focus groups, dozens of surveys, and especially a highly-focused values survey at the end of 1994 [1], Ray reports that the insightful group, who he calls cultural creatives, total 44 million people. He says:
“American culture is changing rapidly. . . . Three different streams of cultural meanings and worldviews are evident at this moment in history: Traditional, Modern and Trans-Modern (i.e. becoming Integral), each comprising distinct subcultures of values. I use the terms Heartlanders, Modernists, and Cultural Creatives to denote, respectively, the bearers of these three subcultures.
“Today’s Heartlanders believe in a nostalgic image of return to small town, religious America, corresponding to the period 1890 to 1930. It is a mythical image that defines for its adherents the Good Old American Ways. The Heartlanders, America’s cultural conservatives, are 29% of the population, or 56 million adults.
“Modernism emerged 500 years ago in Europe at the end of the Renaissance. . . The dominant values are personal success, consumerism, materialism, and technological rationality. Bearers of Modernism represent about 47% of the population, or 88 million adults.
“Cultural Creatives (CCs) are so called because they are coming up with most new ideas in American culture, operating on the leading edge of cultural change. CCs have two wings: Core Cultural Creatives and Green Cultural Creatives.
“Core CCs (10.6%, or 20 million) have both person-centered and green values: seriously concerned with psychology, spiritual life, self-actualization, self-expression, like the foreign and exotic (are xenophiles), enjoy mastering new ideas, are socially concerned, advocate “women’s issues” and are strong advocates of ecological sustainability. They tend to be “leading edge” thinkers and creators. They tend to be upper middle class, and their male:female ratio is 33:67, twice as many women as men.
“Green CCs (13%, or 24 million) have values centered on the environment and social concerns from a secular view, with average interest in spirituality, psychology, or person-centered values. They appear to be followers of the Core CCs and tend to be middle class.
“This new subculture is busily constructing a new approach to the world: a new set of concepts for viewing the world, an ecological and spiritual worldview, a whole new literature of social concerns, a new problematique for the planet in place of the old set of problems that Modernism set out to solve, a new set of psychological development techniques, a return in spiritual practices and understandings to the perennial psychology and philosophy, an elevation of the feminine to a new place in human history.[2]“
Ray explains his use of the word Integral:
“The appearance of the Cultural Creatives is about healing the old splits: between inner and outer, spiritual and material, individual and society. The possibility of a new culture centers on the reintegration of what has been fragmented by Modernism: self-integration and authenticity; integration with community and connection with others around the globe, not just at home; connection with nature and learning to integrate ecology and economy; and a synthesis of diverse views and traditions, including philosophies of East and West. Thus Integral Culture.”
Other studies support Ray’s analysis. Duane Elgin has reported on a massive 43-nation World Values Survey[3] which revealed a major values shift in Scandinavia, Switzerland, Britain, Canada and the United States. Ronald Inglehart, the study’s coordinator, calls it the “postmodern shift.” The study revealed:
• A loss of confidence in all kinds of hierarchical institutions including government, business, and religion.
• A shift in emphasis from external authority to the authority that comes from an inner sense of what is appropriate.
• A shift from concern about material well-being to subjective well-being.
• A tendency to subordinate economic growth to environmental sustainability.
• A growing interest in discovering personal meaning and interest in life.
• An interest in roles for women that allow for greater self-realization.
In the “Wisdom in Action” section of THE WISDOM PAGE there is a list of 80+ links to organizations working toward a sustainable and more equitable world. You might also want to read reviews of two integrative books — books that link the inner and outer, the personal and the societal, to give us a clearer sense of how we can heal and transform ourselves, our institutions, and the global society: Ken Wilber’s A THEORY OF EVERYTHING and Michael Lerner’s SPIRIT MATTERS.
NOTES:
[1] Ray, Paul H. 1996 – The Integral Culture Survey: A Study of the Emergence of Transformational Values in America – a study sponsored by the Institute of Noetic Sciences and the Fetzer Institute, and available from the Institute of Noetic Sciences as Research Report 96-A, 415-331-5650.
Note: A more recent work which covers much of the same territory but updates some of the numbers is The Cultural Creatives by Paul H. Ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson. It was published in 2000 by Harmony Books, New York. You might also want to check out the Cultural Creatives Web site.
[2] Ray, 1996, pp. ix, x, 72.
[3] Elgin, Duane, 1997. Global Consciousness Change: Indicators of an Emerging Paradigm. San Anselmo, CA: Millennium Project.
Anthony
Jun
25
Filed Under (American Culture) by Andrew
The Characteristic Baller asked:
I am an american and when i turn on american music channels all i see is talk about guns, jail and sex.
What are these teenagers doing, making people like eminem (controversial lyrics), beyonce (girl who strips on most of her videos) and southern rappers (who always have girls in their videos dancing in bikinis) their idols.
What is up with out culture?
Is anyone like martin luther king going to help us out and wake this pop culture up.
What is wrong and what can we do about it?
I am an american and when i turn on american music channels all i see is talk about guns, jail and sex.
What are these teenagers doing, making people like eminem (controversial lyrics), beyonce (girl who strips on most of her videos) and southern rappers (who always have girls in their videos dancing in bikinis) their idols.
What is up with out culture?
Is anyone like martin luther king going to help us out and wake this pop culture up.
What is wrong and what can we do about it?
I am a senior student in high school and i care about my country, if i didn’t i wouldn’t be asking people this question because i would be happy that students are caught up in this bad music and my competition chances are high to get into college and get a great education.
What can america do about this garbage, FCC where are you at?
Halsey
Jun
20
Hollyhood asked:
How did these shows reflect on what was going on in American society at the time and how did they impact American culture?
Darcy
How did these shows reflect on what was going on in American society at the time and how did they impact American culture?
Darcy
Jun
19
Filed Under (American Culture) by Andrew
Mimi Rothschild asked:
African Americans are the fastest growing demographic group of home schoolers in the United States. Because this is a new development in home schooling, there is a great deal of interest in the world of epidemiological research concerning the details of the African American home schooling experience. The focus, specifically, is on African American experience when newly home schooling, as well as the experience of African American parents of home school graduates.
Resources for African American home schoolers are becoming more and more available. A group focused solely on African American families who home school is called African American Unschooling. It is a network with members throughout the country, all of whom are black families who home school.
A magazine is also available for those who would like to know more about the experience of African American home schoolers and perhaps pick up a few tips. The magazine is called FUNgasa: Free Oneself! The Magazine for African-American Home Educators.
Another resource in the making combines the efforts of African American Unschooling and FUNgasa. African American Unschooling steadily works to gather data from various African American home schooling families in the form of surveys. With the data they collect, the editors of FUNgasa will create a new series of guidebooks aimed specifically at African American home schooling parents.
By finding out the issues of black home schoolers and their parents, these guidebooks will attempt to help families better handle the pitfalls with the information they need to make their experience run smoother. What will make these guidebooks different from the other home schooling guides currently on the shelves is their Afro-centric focus.
African American culture is often one of the fundamental reasons that African American families choose to home school. By incorporating black culture into home school curricula, African American families have the opportunity to impart a rich history and proud tradition that gets lost in the predominantly white-favored public and private school systems.
The opportunity to network with other black home schooling families and learn from articles written from an African American perspective, with the black American experience in mind, is a major victory in the world of home schooling. What heretofore has been a predominantly white movement is now opening up to embrace the cultural experience of all races and ethnicities, making the home schooling a truly inclusive one.
Brian
African Americans are the fastest growing demographic group of home schoolers in the United States. Because this is a new development in home schooling, there is a great deal of interest in the world of epidemiological research concerning the details of the African American home schooling experience. The focus, specifically, is on African American experience when newly home schooling, as well as the experience of African American parents of home school graduates.
Resources for African American home schoolers are becoming more and more available. A group focused solely on African American families who home school is called African American Unschooling. It is a network with members throughout the country, all of whom are black families who home school.
A magazine is also available for those who would like to know more about the experience of African American home schoolers and perhaps pick up a few tips. The magazine is called FUNgasa: Free Oneself! The Magazine for African-American Home Educators.
Another resource in the making combines the efforts of African American Unschooling and FUNgasa. African American Unschooling steadily works to gather data from various African American home schooling families in the form of surveys. With the data they collect, the editors of FUNgasa will create a new series of guidebooks aimed specifically at African American home schooling parents.
By finding out the issues of black home schoolers and their parents, these guidebooks will attempt to help families better handle the pitfalls with the information they need to make their experience run smoother. What will make these guidebooks different from the other home schooling guides currently on the shelves is their Afro-centric focus.
African American culture is often one of the fundamental reasons that African American families choose to home school. By incorporating black culture into home school curricula, African American families have the opportunity to impart a rich history and proud tradition that gets lost in the predominantly white-favored public and private school systems.
The opportunity to network with other black home schooling families and learn from articles written from an African American perspective, with the black American experience in mind, is a major victory in the world of home schooling. What heretofore has been a predominantly white movement is now opening up to embrace the cultural experience of all races and ethnicities, making the home schooling a truly inclusive one.
Brian
Jun
14
Filed Under (American Culture) by Andrew
Gentlemintos asked:
From the beginning of the 21st century it’s been normal and even traditional for white youth to take something blacks created and denounce blacks at the same time. Minstrel shows are good example of this. Every generation it’s the same thing. White kids start copying blacks and then it’s blacks “ruining our youth” and “blacks need to toss that (insert music/fashion/slang) if they’re ever going anywhere”. Why do white americans do this? White europeans don’t and rarely do other cultures. Why is this so pervasive in white american culture?
Joseph
From the beginning of the 21st century it’s been normal and even traditional for white youth to take something blacks created and denounce blacks at the same time. Minstrel shows are good example of this. Every generation it’s the same thing. White kids start copying blacks and then it’s blacks “ruining our youth” and “blacks need to toss that (insert music/fashion/slang) if they’re ever going anywhere”. Why do white americans do this? White europeans don’t and rarely do other cultures. Why is this so pervasive in white american culture?
Joseph
Jun
10
Filed Under (American Culture) by Andrew
k asked:
I would like to dedicate a camp to teach Native American Indian Culture to the youth in a camp. How do I go about influencing Camps the importance of the respect and harmony the our civilization has known for many generations and the importance on the usage of NATURAL resources the AMERICA has become so dependent on and what the consequences and how or what to do in an actual emergency if it does happen??
What would you do if there was no more gas electricity or grocery stores???
Max
I would like to dedicate a camp to teach Native American Indian Culture to the youth in a camp. How do I go about influencing Camps the importance of the respect and harmony the our civilization has known for many generations and the importance on the usage of NATURAL resources the AMERICA has become so dependent on and what the consequences and how or what to do in an actual emergency if it does happen??
What would you do if there was no more gas electricity or grocery stores???
Max
Jun
05
Filed Under (American Culture) by Andrew
hardrockangel19 asked:
I have to write a 5 paragraph persuasive essay the describes three of the ideals, values, or concepts that make american culture different from others and my mind is blank.
Malcolm
I have to write a 5 paragraph persuasive essay the describes three of the ideals, values, or concepts that make american culture different from others and my mind is blank.
Malcolm
Jun
02
Filed Under (American Culture) by Andrew
chiwashere asked:
I wasn’t alive 50 years, Hell, I wasn’t even alive 20 years ago but from my experiences in life so far (in my first year of college). I think that the American culture has changed a great deal within 50 years. This is my thought after American History classes and persoanl inquires into the past. What does everyone else think?
Neville
I wasn’t alive 50 years, Hell, I wasn’t even alive 20 years ago but from my experiences in life so far (in my first year of college). I think that the American culture has changed a great deal within 50 years. This is my thought after American History classes and persoanl inquires into the past. What does everyone else think?
Neville
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