Cultural Identity

Culture and my behavior is one that has had an influence and knowledge that I have gained in this class so far this semester. I have looked at myself and ask many questions and examined the nature of my own cultural background and how my culture does influence my attitudes toward other groups and my behaviors towards those who are separate from my culture. I have learned that my cultural identity is the uniqueness in feeling like I belonging to a group of culture, class, age and gender that are in the same group, there are many different ways we define cultural. It is part of my self-concept and perception of myself and how I relate to my social class, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender and my social groups that have their own different

My dad and his parents and brother and sisters came from Canada at a young age. My granddads family is from there also. Other races in our background is American Indian, my mother’s family, her grandmother was Indian, not sure of what tribe. I do not have direct relatives considered to be of a different race that I am aware of. Some of the characteristics of my race, are by light skin color ranging from white to dark whitish, straightish to wavy hair color ranging from brownish to dark ebony, prominent eyes, pronounced and well-shaped nose and sharp features, medium built and average to stocky

Ethnicity pertains to a group of people that I share who have a common heritage, language, culture, religion, my family speaks English. I have some family that have a Canadian accent, I was raised Catholic. I feel I am positive towards all groups, although I may have difficulty at times with a group, due to the fact I may not know anything about a group, but I still can see them in a positive way. I may not know their religion or language as they don’t know mine. There are ethnic groups that I have uneasy feelings toward if I have to say, it would be groups that kill other groups for the beliefs like the Muslims in other countries, for their spiritual beliefs. Everyone has a right to their own spiritual beliefs. I do feel uneasy even to share on this, because it can cause more stigma in our society. I continue to work on, that my culture is not always the right way for others. I need to remember to meet others where there at, not where I think they should