american culture values?
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Interesting question. If you refer to an identity for american culture, my guess is that identity comes from multiculturalism, the meeting point of various cultures and cultural values and cultural viewpoints. America (both as a continent and as the US of A) is home to so many nationalities that one might get lost in trying to find what American culture is about or what being an american really is.\nSo my opinion is that multi (or pluriculturalism, not sure which is best used) is the identifier here. At least it should be, because an environment which harbors such diversity should promote understanding, empathy and coexistance for those cultures which are part of it, something that the USA declares itself to be upholding, but its internal and external policies seem to disagree.
175989
American culture is a Western culture, largely based on British culture with influences from other parts of Europe, the Native American peoples, African Americans and to a lesser extent Asian Americans and other young groups of immigrants.
1152452
I think you are very mistaken when you say you have a culture of freedom and tolerance.\n\nI assume you are from the US?  Your history does not support your statement
334924
Assimilation is a cultural thing. Culture is define by the behavior, traditions, customs, religion, and language of a civilization. The Mexican culture has no similarities to the European. This is why it is a difficult process and takes several generations to partially assimilate to the American Culture. The American culture is a combination of many cultures and differs from region to region. The technology you mention has nothing to do with a human condition. And if talking about globalization, these social problems were foreseen and it is all up to us to solve them with tolerance and be more objective instead of personal. Globalization means the globe will close in and we need to share what resources we have, protect what we have left of them and be reasonable or  we can help destroy it, it's our choice.
766320
Firstly we do not hate Americans and you do not threaten our values.\n\n(although you may get some hateful answers now)
333392
I cannot teach you but I can point you to an interesting book about the topic:\nThe American Way: An Introduction to American Culture\nhttp://web.utk.edu/~mccay/mybooks/esl_list/details/8204.html
373804
Our culture has become one of consumption and materialism.  Americans feel entitled to material wealth, and we value money above almost everything else, although few would admit it!  It's disgusting, really, when you look at the gap between rich and poor in this country.
912898
You make a very good point.  Check out the new "the America I believe in" campaign recently lanched by Amnesty International http://believe.amnestyusa.org   AI has launched this new campaign to restore our traditional American values of justice, rule of law, and human dignity.   It even provides simple actions you can take, and ways to raise awareness in your community.\n\nThe America we believe in... leads the world in human rights\nThe America we believe in... does not torture people\nThe America we believe in... does not run secret prisons\nThe America we believe in... would shut down Guantanamo Bay
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American Idol says a lot about modern American culture; only here in this day and age would we choose our celebrities from a panel of game show contestants.\n\ngod help us all
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values, commitment, trustworthiness, association, interests, etc.
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American society?\nIgnorance, intolerance, arrogance, wastefulness and greed.
300598
Well, there is an absence of a culture here, just the commercial pop culture that any way is available all over the world, but there is no culture in the US. Therefore, we just stick to the one we know.
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can I answer if I not from America?:) \nfor most of the people America is a bussines country. everything is negociable, even the faith, even the friendship. \nand people who want to make money want to live in America. and when they go there, they try to find people from their country and live toghether. \nso, America is like a temptation for have a better life.\n\nand is not about hate, but fear. the fear of losing the family tradition, the things that are saint for you. because, when you have the freedom to do everything, you can lose everything.
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I would agree with that statement.\n\npoints to consider:\n\nfashion\nmovies\nmusic\nfood\n\nI know that in other countries they have their own culture and cuisine but I know for a fact that there are only a few countries in which there is no apparent American presence portrayed by fastfoods, Hollywood movies, American music, New York fashion, etc.
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Morals have little to do with what color you are and more to do with how you were raised. I think that in the USA, there is a large diversity in beliefs and moral values as that was the basis of the country.  This diversity does span from coast to coast and you'll find that people see things differently depending on how they came up.  There may be diversity, but the one common thing is that everyone knows there's a right and a wrong.
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I teach human and physical geography and one of the major things we discuss is culture.  There are so many levels of culture- they range from broad to very personal.  If you live in the Western Hemisphere your ideals, outlook, politics, and standard of living are much different than if you live in the Eastern Hemisphere.  If you live in Europe, you're bound to have cultural influances that someone from the United States won't have been exposed to.  If you live in Alaska you are probably going to have a much different cultural upbringing than if you are living in Florida.  Children learn what they live.  A child isn't going to think about how something is done differently on the other side of the world because they're in a stage where their main focus is getting their needs met and learning how to do things where they live.  Culture is spread from one generation to another- passed down through parents and other adults in a child's community.  Eventually as we reach adulthood we can manipulate and change our personal culture when we find something that suits us better, but as children we take what we're given and form our ideas and attitudes from our own little experiences.
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There is no one "American Culture" because American is made up of many different cultures. \n\n... based on the media, one might think that American culture is about having lots of luxury items, having the biggest and best of everything, obtaining gadgets and other kinds of crap to keep us in debt to the creditors and up with the Jones. One might say that American culture consists of insatiable consumption and destruction of nature by products that ruin the environment.