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  • Essay / Diversity in American Culture - 839

    As Kluckhohn states: “During the cultural process, once a way of handling a situation is institutionalized, there is usually great resistance to change” (Kluckhohn, 78). As I said before, I grew up in a culture where wearing a school uniform was mandatory in order to go to school. So when I got here, everything changed. The students did not wear uniforms! This had a shocking impact on my mind because it was not something usual in the culture of my native country. It was complicated for me to adapt to this aspect of American culture because my old culture imposed this “resistance” to change on me. What if the United States passed a law requiring all students to wear uniforms? This will certainly create a huge change in American culture. Students are so accustomed to not using uniforms that this will cause skepticism and rejection in most of them. People may accept the change, but it will take a long time to get used to it. Putting on whatever clothes they want has been a part of American culture for so many years that it will likely take the same amount of time, if not longer, to adjust to the new behavior. Some people might even refuse to accept change and that is completely understandable. They should follow a pattern that is to some extent strange. They could argue that outside of school,