Cultural Norms In America

Stories told in the past that are still prevalent today includes tales of individuals from all ethnic, cultural, and religious backgrounds who chose to travel to America for the collective reason of building a stable and prosperous life. Having to appropriate to lifestyles that are completely different from one someone grew up in and is accustomed to is the reason for the major culture shock that these individuals endures and leads to the dire need of comfort and familiarity. To this, those who come to America seeking for a “saving grace” typically bring along their religions, practices, traditions, and cultures to their new place of settlement. As followers of different religions migrate into the United States, Americans are introduced to these different practices and overtime have folded these customs into their daily lifestyles. The United …show more content…
This wasn’t the case on how America moved forward with a liberated generation, but in turns in a way blamed the new generation for the lack of diverse religions. During the 1950s, people started assuming that religion was no longer a societal norm, but a type of faith that was going extinct due to the new generation’s presence. This is because older generations were quick to blame current generations for their emphasization on “sex, drugs, and rock and roll” (Putnam) in their daily lives as the reason these individuals stopped going to church. “However, a large number of Americans experienced this revolution not as a liberation at all, but rather as a collapse of fundamental tenets of Western civilization” (Putnam). Thus, proves that while America was revolutionizing itself to become more accepting of diverse cultures, the individuals within the society didn’t do its part of up keeping the basic needs of civilization from either