Subcultural Theory Of Small Fish

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The theory that I decided to use, is a pretty interesting one called subcultural theory. I like to call this theory a small fish in a large body of water. “Subculture exists within and is part of a larger culture and refers to a difference in values, beliefs, ideas, views and/or meanings that a group of individuals holds from those of the larger culture” (Lab, 2015). My example of subculture theory would be the immigrants that came to the United States.
This group was a bunch of strangers in a strange town that was about to face a whole new set of rules. Since the norms of the society were developed and enforced by the upper/middle-class groups, this assembly of immigrants already started out with one strike against them. To further my example,

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