"Folklore as a mirror of culture frequently reveals the areas of special concern. It is for
this reason that analyses of collections of folklore can provide the individual who takes
advantage of the opportunities afforded by the study of folklore a way of seeing another
culture from the inside out instead of from the outside in, the usual position of a social scientist or teacher. Whether the “other culture” is far from the borders of our country or
whether the “other culture” is lodged within these borders, a world shrunk by modern
technological advances in transportation and communications demands that education
keep pace. We need to know more about Vietnamese worldview; we need to know more
about African American values."