Learning Among US
Learning Among US
- Learning Among US. How do the types of choices that Edelman describes overlap with the forms of adaptation described in the reading’s Culture Concepts boxes?
- Edelman describes the personal choices of several families with one parent who is Jewish and another who is from a different religious background. Using those examples, do you believe it is possible within one family to create traditions that honor different ethnicities and religions?
- In addition to Jews, identify other groups that can be described as an ethnic group. How do these groups differ from cultural groups?
Learning Among US
- Based on your readings and your own experiences, identify one or more cultures that have chosen to follow each of the following five responses to living among other cultures: assimilation, integration, segregation, seclusion, and marginalization.