I respectfully disagree, my roommate this year is black, she was raised in a preppy northern boarding school around lots and lots of white people. However, I have noticed she has some of the same stereotypical qualities associated with people of her race.
If it's culture why would she still have these characteristics if she did not grow up around anyone with these characteristics? Or take
Or do it the opposite way, my bf is from the smallest most redneck city in NC, all his friends are fairly hickish (strong accents, very racist, lots of plaid, hunts, ect), except for him. If he was surrounded by all that his whole life, wouldn't he have those characteristics? Perhaps he's just predisposed to having the very northernish characterists he has?
Maybe this is comming down to the nature vs. nurture thing, but do people have enough free will to defy their nature and nurture?
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