Research Paper on:
Building Multicultural Communities

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other cultures, there is an emerging view that power, especially exerted power for powers sake, is a negative factor that maintains racist perspectives. Martin Luther King, Jr. argued that  power for powers sake is a negative element, while power that is moral, good and right should be what individuals strive towards. Specifically, King stated: "I am  not interested in power for powers sake, but Im interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good." The  establishment of power in a culture often occurs because of the presence of political, religious and social control measures that are put into place by what has been deemed a  dominant culture. In general, theorists have afforded the stipulation of dominant culture based on collective figures; the dominant culture in a society is the culture that is more prevalent,  upon which most of the individuals in a society base their interactions (Tovey, 1997; Lopez, 1991). "Culture generally refers to the ways of living that characterize larger social  segments, whereas subculture generally significance the ethnic background, race, religion and status of groups within the larger society" (Pinderhughes, 2001, p. 346). As a result, it can be argued  that culture can be considered interchangeable with subculture, and this is based in the belief that both allow for the commonalization of "values, norms, and behavior practices" (Pinderhughes, 2001, p.  346). The Anglo-European collective in the United States is the dominant culture, while the African American collective has been deemed a prevalent  subculture. A subculture, then, is an extension of a dominant culture and shares some of the common features, including relative geographic similarity, similar generalized views and exposure to the