of preconceived ideas as to how these people somehow innately fall at a lower echelon on the totem pole than our so-called more advanced society. There is an underlying

us that we were inferior at the same time they told themselves that they were superior. These statements, repeated often enough, come to be believed by those involved, and it

has always been hard, soft and heavy metal, but today, there is pop, hardcore, indie, alternative, punk, metal, and so on. Further, the rock of the sixties was more folksy

of several notable Southern black writers emerged. Among this emergence was the work of Langston Hughes. Trussell (2003) writes that Hughes poetry rang out in the literary world:

must admit its incompetence; man is unable to define a "divine" being. When with all our intellectual limitations we call something "divine," we have merely given it a name,

the people in his book, who are all impaired in some strange way that almost literally defies imagination. (Its also the way one of Sackss patients describes himself, he feels

African Americans as compared to their white, Anglo-European counterparts in the United States. Research Questions The following research questions will be addressed in this study: 1.

dependent and built on one society but is inapplicable to another. Finally, the idea of "individualism" within the United States has become so profound that those who are wealthy within

Trobrianders. "Argonauts" is considered the founding document of economic anthropology. Emphasizing the primitive exchange system of the indigenous peoples of the

by a group called Hubbynet (2004). The author discusses how interracial marriages are looked down upon by society and how this can cause problems for the cultural identity of the

"It is against this double hegemony of a History with a capital H and a Literature consecrated by the absolute power of the written sign that the peoples who

his rage." Rosaldos reflexive approach has been considered a major breakthrough in the way in which humans study themselves, as well as how they come to both understand and

"broader than history in explaining some aspects of society. It is a language of expressing truths

culture, writing ones observations, pondering, active participation in the culture or society being studied, studying poetry by and about members of the culture, studying historical documents, studying linguistic processes, considering

status for African Americans in relation to the dominant nature of Caucasian European-descended Americans. Theoretical framework Sociological theoretical perspectives relative to minority relationships to dominant groups encompasses a