Cultural Interview Reflection

Interviewing somebody from a different racial, ethnic, or national origin group different than mine was not difficult, it was the reflection after the interview that was challenging. Although two persons grow up in the same city, their values, beliefs, customs, traditions, language, and worldview can be similar, but at times extremely different from one another. I will explain the similarities and differences I found amongst my interviewee and myself.
Curtis, a white male from a Christian background, had similar values to mine. We both believe strongly in education and we both believe in putting family first. Both growing up in the San Fernando Valley, a lower socioeconomic area, we find that working hard and having a solid support system, as well as continuing to grow and educate oneself is the way out of the lower socioeconomic status. We have similar beliefs when it comes to gender roles in the family. My family is traditional where I have, my father, mother, and siblings. Curtis’ described his family the same way and called it a traditional household. Growing up, the male figure was the bread winner and the female was the stay at home

My previous interviewee and I had various similarities in values, beliefs, customs, traditions, language and worldviews. This interview made me feel comfortable at first when Curtis and I had similarities in values and beliefs, but it became uncomfortable when Curtis began stating his thoughts were different than mine when it came to religion and language. Later, I felt upset, borderline angry, when he began to talk about people of a sexual orientation different than his and people whom prefer same sex orientations. Him speaking negatively and not being open to his own children being different made me feel down. I could not fathom how anyone could think like that. Conducting this cultural interview challenged my