The Values Of America

For one to truly understand the mind-set of a group of people beliefs, one must first understand the dominant values of their culture, which is passed down from one generation to the next. After analyzing and identifying for some quite time, Sociologist Robin Williams identified fifteen core values for the United States and how they shaped the America that we see today. These values do not apply to everyone in every situation in America and there are exceptions to all of the dominant values. The United States is not the “melting pot” that we see today, as a society now we are like a big pot of gumbo, where each ingredient adds its own spice and flavor, just as men and women of all races come together to create a diverse society, where everyone’s …show more content…
Many political figures, celebrities, and athletes can fit this example, but the best would be former President Bill Clinton. He grew up in a poor family, where he worked hard as a kid to get good grades and earn scholarships to go to college at Yale, where he was a distinguished Rhodes Scholar. Because of all his individual accomplishments and to connect with the people of United Sates as being a working man and being the voice of the lower and middle class, he was elected President. He worked hard for his success, just like everyone back in the baby-boomer generation, today our young adults rely too much on family members to provide economical and psychological stability and support. Too work hard and not rely on others is where we need to get back at as a country, as a whole. That is just one definition of Individualism, the other being during special moments, national holidays, and crisis we come together as one and …show more content…
These things are just objects, but it shows other people, what economic level you are in our society, being upper, middle, or lower class. Where people care more about if they have the new Jordan’s rather than what kind of house I live in. Especially, at a young age, all they care about is popularity and it comes with the more material comfort one has. Material comfort used to be the American Dream, where one had the nice house in the suburbs, white picket fence, and Cadillac. Now, many poor families, rather than care about their living situation, they care more about if they get their nails done, getting their children new phones and headphones. We care more about materialist objects rather than other problems like our environment, war, and other drastic events in the