... internal cultural level where there are basic cultural values The collision of internal cultures causes us to become more aware of the differences and similarities between cultural values More... retain their cultural, racial or ethnic identities and see no reason to give them up to advance in the contemporary American culture Positive and Negative Aspects of American Cultural Values When... we consider cultural values we must generalize These values not apply to everyone in every situation in America and there are exceptions to all of the dominant values For example, Americans need