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To: epicure who wrote (259608)	8/31/2014 3:11:20 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) of 542464

Well, we clearly disagree. For me, the phenomenon of group pressure toward conformity is an unwelcome, almost universal. Definitely not unique to something called black culture. Had my wife given in to the conformity push, she would have been stuck doing something that she did not wish to do. But, instead, spent her life doing the things that mattered most to her and gave her the greatest pleasure, being an intellectual and being a faculty member in a university. I fail to see the qualitative difference. As for the case that black culture is different from Hispanic culture and so on but also more debilitating, that's a longish argument which strikes me as distinctly out of place. At least right now. I disagree, however, as you can see. But concede that a serious discussion would entail addressing the effects of culture (comparing the effects of several such) and class location, alongside the terrible failure of American society to address urban public education. And the degree to which opening up opportunity transforms a culture (a long, much debated topic in the social sciences over the causal effect of social structure versus culture). A topic for yet another time.

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