The nature of culture. How do anthropologists help us to understand the political economy, progress, and race the 'other'.

What is the nature of culture? Every little part of someone's life is determined to some extent by his or her culture. What they like to eat, what is appropriate behavior, the music they enjoy, what they consider to be relaxing, etc. What is culture then? Culture, according to anthropologist Richard H. Robbins, is "The system of meanings about the nature of experience that are shared by a people and passed on from one generation …

…part of town because of their skin color, but the people of Harlem (still mostly African American, and other minorities as well) are stuck in a cycle. They are not offered the kind of opportunities needed to live the "American life". They are still looked down upon with the color of their skin at the front of people's minds as to why they are stuck in the cycle they are. Bringing us back to racism.