Is there any reason to believe there is a single common set of cultural beliefs to the 'African-American population' ? What, for example, are the cultural beliefs of the 'Anglo-American population'? Age, education, geographic region, religion are all likely to play a role too, likely at least as great a role as such broadly generalized ethnicity. Not trying to offend, just trying to stretch my mind Rachel Myr Kristiansand, Norway *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html