Economic Sources of Transcultural Conflict In Kansas City, Kansas

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1970-10-01Author
Dean, Douglas H.
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Department of Sociology, University of Kansas
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The article analyzes cultural clashes between the dominant WASP majority and a black minority culture in Kansas City, Kansas. A socio-anthropological methodology constructs the type of economic determinism developed by Marvin Harris and Henry G. Burger. Major conclusions drawn are: (1) that a large "cargo cult" exists within the minority black culture; (2) that conflicts between the cultures can be reduced if the minority culture can obtain a greater voice in decisions affecting its enculturative system and its peoples' economic future; (3) that federal works projects utilizing low-income labor can provide a major outlet for "cargo cult" tension, thereby reducing impingement with negative results; and (4) that the next stage in the dialectical process might well be a "constipated" stage exhibiting degrees of violence if the above two conditions are not acted upon.
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Kansas Journal of Sociology, Volume 6, Number 3 (FALL, 1970), pp. 156-167 http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/STR.1808.4714
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