Sprinkles

[rainmaker]

Originally posted by Dan_ref


Juulie,

Black culture? White culture? Did someone kick all the Asians, Hispanics & other assorted mutts out of the country while I wasn't looking? And what society have you been observing that leads you to believe that there is *A* black culture and *A* white culture?

Oh, for Pete's sake, Dan, just because I'm being simplistic doesn't mean you can be. There isn't A black culture or A white culture, just as there isn't AN American culture. There are tendencies and they are real. Would you be happier if I called them sub-cultures or communities? Asians and Hispanics have their communities, too, as do Greeks and Italians in some parts of America. Then there are Catholic and Jewish sub-cultures, and yes, a couple or three Quaker communities, a gay subculture, a Southern subculture. I wasn't being reductionistic, just thinking that I didn't need to be defining each word. Maybe my sociology isn't as mainstream as I thought.