Values In American Culture

The United States is a country where people are found with different ethnicity and have different cultures. Each group of ethnicities has different values they follow such as including religion, beliefs, family values and more. According to Sociology textbook, “values are the standard by which people define what is desirable or undesirable, good or bad, beautiful and ugly.” (Henslin, 2014) However, these values are also learned from an individual’s experience from family or societies. In United States, Americans have strong beliefs of what is important or desirable that identifies them as an American.

The two significant values that persist in American culture are freedom and achievement or success and science and technology. (Henslin, 2014) An Individual freedom is very important to an American culture. The first amendment was honored to the Americans to protect several liberties of any individual’s freedom, such as freedom of speech, religion, and more. (U.S.History)

One example of freedom is freedom of equality among women. Growing up, I have learned that American women have strong beliefs in women equality such as an equal opportunity of leadership within the work force. After the Civil Rights Act of 1964, employers cannot discriminate against people based on their ethnicity, religion and gender. (Gluck,

Since I have chosen to stay home to take care of my children for many years, I realized that employment for me was very limited. After working for several years for various companies, promotions to management or higher level or position were impossible without a college degree. I have noticed co-workers who had their college education was promoted or have a better professional career. After I have experienced these challenges, this influenced me to continue a college education to earn a degree and to hopefully to pursue a career in marketing