Culture refers to the spiritual, intellectual, and aesthetic development of an individual, group, or society. It encompasses a variety of products and activities that determine and define a people's way of life. Cultural theories are therefore tools that allow us to understand values, codes, normative discourses, ideologies and pathologies. The theory proposes a model of influence through which culture exerts on social life and social structures. Theories play a role in providing stability, opportunity and solidarity or, as in this article, in understanding and resolving conflict (Burton et al.). This writing focuses on sociological theories in the cultural setting of Jena, Louisiana (A Town in Turmoil). Social Conflict Theory Social conflict theory views society as an arena. This arena is responsible for generating conflict and change within society. Many factors in this society are interrelated, including race, class, power, education, and prestige. This article presents a society that has become a playground or arena where all of the above factors are manifested. While the bigger picture focuses on the racial biases seen in this culture, the arena still contains all other factors. The idea of ​​power demonstration, for example, is manifested when black students stand up to represent themselves and express their complaints against insults. of the white student community. They are met with a brutal show of power from the white prosecutor's office and the white judiciary. Each of these social elements plays on the same stage in the same society. White students, for example, are accused of being overrated. Most of them are football and sports students who receive scholarships and, as such, feel above average. Middle of paper needs to be instilled the need to inculcate a change in attitude when it comes to color bias. Theories also reveal the conflicts within systems, structures and individuals that drive change. These theories have also been used to examine how cultures and societies attach meaning to symbols and how defining boundaries and coexistence relies on understanding and maintaining unity with these symbols. Works Cited Burton, Linda M et al. “Critical Race Theories, Colorism, and the Decade’s Research on Families of Color.” Journal of Marriage & Family 72 (2010): 440-459. Kovach, Gretel and Arian Campo Flores. “A city in turmoil.” Newsweek [newsweek.com] August 20, 2007, 2007 edition, sec. printed item: 1-5. newsweek.com. Internet. April 2, 2014. Smith, Philip. Cultural theory: an introduction. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 2011. Print.