Culture and RaceAnthropologists have always had disagreements with the word culture and its contextual meaning. Many definitions have filtered into the field, but none can be accepted or accepted by everyone. Franz Boas, an early 20th century anthropologist, and his students struggled to understand the purpose of what culture is. Culture is about learning and sharing ideas about behavior. Although Boas and his students had a slightly different idea in mind. They eventually came to a conclusion, a definition of culture that they believe is contradictory in terms. Boas states that “culture was expressed through language but was not reducible to it; more importantly, it wasn't race. Culture became everything that race was not, and race was seen as what culture was not; given and immutable biology” (Visweswaran, p. 72). Not only does it focus on culture, but anthropology also has a substantial connection. Anthropology is the field in which the study of cultural and biological variations between human groups is studied. The difficulty some people have in characterizing culture is that they associate it with race, when that is not the case. The two are remarkably distinct. Race is something biological, an innate genetic trait, while culture is something educated and experienced. Kamala Visweswaran and Lila Abu-Lughod are two prominent anthropologists currently teaching at universities in the United States. In their own articles, they talk about culture through the perspective of anthropologists and detail their own opinions. They may have different opinions, but each has their own strong arguments that prove their point of view. Lila Abu-Lughod's article “Writing Against Culture” was written in 1991 and published in the book Recapturing Anthropology. In the article, she discusses culture and many issues related to it. The title of his article speaks for itself, writing against the culture. It raises many questions regarding culture and various influential strategies for moving away from the concept of culture. She reflects on culture and its need to be redefined. In her discussion of culture and difference, she begins: "Most American anthropologists believe or act as if 'culture' is notoriously placed in the middle of the paper." With this new connection to anthropology, the American Anthropological Association "passed a resolution denouncing Nazi racism: 'Anthropology provides no scientific basis for discrimination against any people on the basis of their racial inferiority, their affiliation religious or its linguistic heritage” (Visweswaran, p. 71). “The solution is not to replace culture with race but to hold the two terms in constructivist tension with each other” (Visweswaran, p. 79). Anthropology cannot function without culture, but there must be a distinction with race. Culture is something society teaches and learns, while race is something biological and something to be proud of. Boas and his ideas were not yet informed about what culture means. He was careless and only saw his own point of view. Culture creates this diverse world and, in turn, race creates life with culture. Works Cited: Abu-Lughod, Lila. (1991) Writing Against Culture. Reclaiming anthropology. Richard Fox, ed. P, 137-162. Santa Fe, New Mexico: School of American Research Press. Visweswaran, Kamala. (March 1998) Race and Culture in Anthropology. American anthropologist. p. 70-83. American anthropology