Discuss the concept of dominant culture, and explain how it is changing in the United States. Provide a brief description of dominant U.S. culture as you perceive it. Be sure to include references to values, beliefs, and customs.
What will be an ideal response?
- The dominant culture is the learned system of values, beliefs, attitudes, and orientations held by people who are in power in a society.
- In the United States, the dominant culture has evolved over time but once reflected and privileged the values of white, Western European, English-speaking, Protestant, heterosexual men. Since the 1960s, the United States has experienced a cultural revolution that has resulted in an adjustment of the dominant cultural perspective to be more reflective of the diverse cultures with which its citizens identify.
- Student descriptions will vary.
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