What ways can you see this as being a positive force in an individual’s life – and in what ways can it be problematical?

Choose one of the following to answer as thoroughly as possibly, using evidence from our readings to support your own critical thinking:

In our chapter “What Is Culture?,” a couple of the hallmarks are that culture “provides its group with a notion of identity” and that it “gives us a sense of pride.” Feel free to engage one of these ideas or both as you answer the following: In what ways can you see this as being a positive force in an individual’s life – and in what ways can it be problematical?