Kluckhohn & Anthropology

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Kluckhohn’s Passage of Wisdom

In Kluckhohn’s passage he explains the differences and similarities of the worlds cultures. Kluckhohn’s theory is that people act the way they do because that is the way they were brought up.
I have a friend that recently went to Africa. He said that the culture over there is extremely different. For example, his sister could not wear shorts because in Africa, women who have clothing showing skin above the knees are considered prostitutes. One day it was extremely hot and she wore shorts. She was approached by at least ten men that day.
Mr. Klucklohn talked about a traders wife in the essay. She fed her guests rattlesnake sandwiches. They thought that it was good until they found out that it wasn’t chicken but rattlesnake, at which point they vomited it all out.
Kluckhohn thinks that people’s actions are determined by their ancestors’ experience. I disagree with that. Sometimes it is true but only because they were taught that way. Immigrants from another country often bring their culture with them. They teach the culture to their children but usually the family is “Americanized” by the time the granchildren grow up. I agree with the majority of Kluckhohn’s theories. People are influenced by the cultures that they were raised in....