The Debate on the Structure and Content of West Indian Values

I) Cultural pluralism. This has for several years been the most influential interpretation of West Indian culture. Its chief proponent has been M. G. Smith.3 The basis of the interpretation is the view of culture as a system of major institutions. Each institution consists of patterns of action, relationship, norms, values and beliefs. A homogeneous culture is one in which the population conforms to a single set of institutions. A pluralistic culture is, first, one in which there exists at least two alternative forms for each institution, except for government; secondly, those groups in the population which adhere to different forms of one institution are identical with the groups which adhere to different forms of all other institutions.4 That is, the group which differs from others in its kinship organization also has a different educational experience, different approaches to economic organization, etc. One has in fact two or more separate cultural systems existing

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