Variations Of My Culture
What is my cultural identity? What is cultural identity? In this essay i`ll explain what it is to me. Cultural identity is the way that people are acknowledged by their background by where they are from , how they were raised and other things. Cultural identity is way more than just the color of your skin or where you were born. Cultural identity can be described as your religions your education and plenty other things. In this essay i`ll explain parts of my cultural identity using examples like my family meals , watching the movie Coach Carter , and my football cleats.
Baked Macaroni and Cheese represents my cultural identity. Every time my family has any type of get together like barbecues , family cook outs , birthdays , and funerals you can always know that there is going to be baked mac and cheese there no matter what. There is always a large pot or pan of baked mac and cheese. The baked mac and cheese has three different types of cheese baked into it most times it`s american , swiss , and white cheese sort of like mexican cheese. Every female in the family knows how to make it atleast most of the family my
They help me not slip and keep my ground and balance. My cleats are all white hi-cut or hi-top adidas.They remind me of shoes with spikes on the bottom . For as long as i can remember my whole family loves football my mom , dad ,sisters , brother everyone. My dad played a lot of football from middle school to high even was recruited to some colleges but unfortunately made some bad decisions. Sunday and Monday nights are the best with the family we all watch football together. My cleats are important to me without my cleats it's hard for me to play football i can barely stay stable. My cleats represent my hard work and what i represent on the field, My cleats is the last part of my equipment that makes me ah football player. My cleats is an important part of my cultural
My cultural identity consists of being a 22-year-old white female who identifies as White, heterosexual, Christian-Lutheran, able-bodied and a member of the lower-middle class. Through these identities, there are certain roles that I distinguish with like being a student, daughter, sister, and friend. Socioeconomic
My cultural identity, is Haitian American. My parents come from a country of beautiful landscape and valleys of the hidden treasures of knowledge, diverse people, and rustic towns. My parents walked up steep plateaus for water, laid in grassy plains for peace, and dive into the sea for cooling in Haiti’s humid heat. Although, I come from a culture of deep history, the first country to gain independence in the result of a successful slave rebellion, my parents knew the plague of suffering Haiti’s battle with will not recover through the poverty, unemployment, and illiteracy. As Haiti fought through its demons, my parents fought to provide plentiful opportunity for their family and immigrated to the United States of America.
“Children begin to develop a sense of identity as individuals and as members of groups from their earliest interactions with others” (Trumbull and Pacheco 9). People start to develop their cultural identities as a young child, unknowingly, by their interactions with other people. Though, what is a person’s cultural identity? According to one source, cultural identity can be described as “one of the most basic type of identity is ethnic identity, which entails an awareness of one’s membership in a social group that has a common culture” (Trumbull and Pacheco 9). Considering this definition, I see now that my cultural identity can be best represented by my language because I can speak both English and Spanish and I use both languages on a daily
Several factors have contributed to the development of my cultural identity. First I am of a Caribbean back ground. My father is from Grenada, which is a Virgin Island in the West Indies. Typically in the African American and more specifically Caribbean culture, you do not talk about your problems or issues instead, you do whatever you need to do to cope and move on. Growing up I was told that whatever is going on in the house staying in the house. Therefore, I am more than willing to help break the stigma of counseling and help counsel students, but particularly African Americans students that need help and not getting it.
Growing up as a first generation Chinese-American, I felt as if I was stranded in the void between two worlds, isolated and alone. At school, I hid my Chinese self and tried to be more ‘American’ in order to fit in. At home, I then carefully tucked away my American half and acted the dutiful Chinese son to please my parents. If Chinese and American were two planets, I was a vagabond flitting back and forth between them, unsettled and insecure, never quite belonging in either one.
In football, players must wear a large set of pads, covering most of their body, and a masked helmet. The ball is made up of an inflated rubber bladder, surrounded by stitched leather, and it appears ellipsoidal in shape. Most players now wear cleated or spiked shoes, but flat-soles are often worn for artificial turf surfaces.
What am I? People ask me this all the time by just looking at my tight curly hair! For example most people believe that I am mixed with white but I am truly mixed with African, white, native american, and Indian.I for one never let my cultural identity define who I am as a person because I know that I am a cheerleading, dance loving, crazy sensation, R&B passionate, energetic person who was born in Opelousas Louisiana but grew up in Carencro
My cultural Identity consists of many different things that are very different yet very comparable to other cultures around the world. Some may say my culture is insane, some may say it is lame, and some may say it is perfect. But I see my cultural identity as my own set of rules and participation that I choose to follow. Even though my cultural background says otherwise by including certain rules and traditional ways of doing things such as weddings, funerals, etc. these are just some things that I do not agree with and would rather stick to my own way of doing things based on my perspective on life.
Some people may perceive someone’s cultural identity or heritage based on their outside appearance. I know that’s happened to me before, but some of the time, their perceptions are wrong. I have been told that I talk white and dress weirdly, but I just talk proper and dress in what feels comfortable to me. Overall, my identity is expressing myself in ways that are different than how others may express their identity. Some cultural aspects that pertain to my cultural identity as a whole is food, music, and religion.
So what is cultural identity? That is something that you need to find out for yourself it's not something hard like trying to build a house it's something that takes time something that you really need to think
Culture is defined by shared beliefs, customs, values, country of origin, and institutions relative to a group of people. However, culture not only encompasses objectives of shared traditions, geography, and religions, it also includes shared concepts such as gender, cognitive processes, and various types of interpersonal relationships that are deemed as highly relevant to the majority of a group (Baruth & Manning, 2012). Because of the fluidity of culture, people can be identified by a multitude of intersecting cultural aspects to represent themselves as a whole. The manner in which I identity myself with cultures is not of any difference compared to what is noted above. My identity is defined as a 21-year old female of Nigerian descent currently
Above all, everybody has a different cultural identity, even my parents and I do not have the same! We all developed our own cultural identity from the belief, experience, family, race, or even from the ethnic group we’re in. I as well pulled parts of experiences I have had and put them together into one to establish mine: I chose to believe my family that education came first, but the real world is still more important; I believe that women should be treated nicer than men while others might believe that everybody should be treated equally; and I chose to believe that all Asians should ace every class with an A while other might not believe so. See? After all, cultural identity is important; everybody should start finding theirs because cultural identity helps express who the individual really are as a person like their own personal symbol: the invisible fingerprint that we couldn’t see, but feels. Thus we all have our own unique cultural identity, we should use this opportunity to let people knows our thoughts and feelings because most of the major problems in world--war, killing, or suiciding--are all caused by misunderstanding between human. But this is just one little step toward the action because no matter what we find as our cultural identity, at the end, we’re only human
My background, my culture plays a huge part of my identity, it is the part of me I cannot change nor do I ever want to. The love and patriotism I have for my country is undeniable. I am Haitian born in Haiti, raised in the USA. At some point, being Haitian was not “cool” nor was it acceptable. I remember being in third grade coming from Haiti, not speaking any English, not to mention I went to a dominantly white school with very few black or African American students. Being in Haiti, I never felt different, never knew what bullying was, never faced any hardship nor what it means to feel and look different, unlike many of my peers who came from Haiti, I did not suffer a hard life. My dad lived in the United States and at the time my mother
Culture can have a big impact on the way someone views the world or other people. “The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts,” (Darwin, Charles). Starting from a young age, people have their own thoughts and begin to see the world in a certain way. As you get older, your culture is what starts to shape the way you view the world. When you are younger, you see the world more vibrant and alive. As you get older your culture and society around you change the views you have. Cultural identity has a way of changing your perspective to make you look at the world in a certain way. For example, your culture could have a certain belief which makes you see some things in a negative or positive
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.