Embedded Assessment #1- Cultural Identity
Cultural identity. Some think of it as where they come from. Others think of it as the same as ethnicity. Both of these types of people are wrong. Cultural identity is the way that a person identifies with a group, especially based on how they were raised. In this essay I will be giving an explanation on what cultural identity is, how it affects people, and what kinds of things develop a cultural identity.
Everybody has a cultural identity, even if they don’t realize it until actively thinking about it. Take me, for instance. I never thought I had a cultural identity, because I lived in a place where the people around me have a similar ideology. I identify as an American. I do things that every other person with a strong sense of American culture does. I celebrate the Fourth of July, I eat a mixture of cultures’ foods, I dress in jeans and a t-shirt most of the time, I agree with the rights that are granted by the government, and most importantly, I know that
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It’s probably because you both have a strong sense of cultural identity, but that the identities clashed in ideology. This kind of thing can cause you to see the world in a different way, and it can become a sensitive topic for people. For instance, I am usually seen as just another freedom junkie (American) but in reality, I see the world in a very different way than they do. There are both positive and negative things about having a strong sense of cultural identity. Some pros are that if you have a strong cultural identity, you have a group of people with which you can fit into. Another thing is that with a cultural identity, you can find new people more easily because there is something you share. However, as with all good things, there is a downside. Sometimes people can get a little intense and actually resort to violence because you have differing views on the
Cultural identity is very important for every ethnic group as it shapes the culture of that particular faction and therefore, a certain culture cannot realize its own values until it is exposed to another one. II. Nationalism Nationalism revolves around the attitude that people have about their national identity. It is the national days, symbols, music and the anthem, among other values, that bind a nation together. The Hispanics are nationalists who are proud of their traditions and history.
To begin with, culture is something that may change evolve within time but culture is something that come with your heritage or your ethnicity the traditions and things that happen that make up your culture like how your parents raised you are culture. In the informational text “ What is cultural identity” by Elise Trumbull and Maria Pacheco, and in the personal essay “Ethnic Hash” by Patricia Williams, there are similarities and differences in how each writer conveys their message about cultural identity. Based upon their research, Trumbull and Pacheco present the idea that culture changes and that it will never stay the same, while Williams uses her personal experience to develop the idea that many things influence cultural inheritage but
I am a young Mexican American male growing up in the United States. I identify with both American and Mexican culture. Culture to me is what made you the person that you are today and will also have a major impact in your future. Culture can also be seen as an “Identity” because it is a state of mind in which someone recognizes their traits/beliefs that leads to finding out who you are and what you do. In other words, it 's basically who you are and what you define yourself as being. Identity and culture are what makes this world an interesting place, there is a distinct relationship between identity and culture and one without the other they could not exist I consider myself a composite of both American and Mexican cultures.
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
Culture and identity are two very strange ideas. They are received at a very young age, yet they are very hard to give to someone else. They will affect you for the rest or your life, yet for the most part you are born into them. However, they soon become very important to us and we cannot, no matter what we do, live without them. They are a part of us, and a vital aspect of society. However, it took me a very long time to recognize that I had an identity and a little while after that before I knew what it was.
Ethnic identity is the sum total of group member feelings about those values, symbols, and common histories that identify them as a distinct group (Smith 1991). Development of ethnic identity is important because it helps one to come to terms with their ethnic membership as a prominent reference group and significant part of an individuals overall identity. Ethnic reference group refers to an individuals psychological relatedness to groups (Smith 1991). These reference groups help adolescents sense, reflect and see things from the point of their ethnic groups in which they actively participate or seek to participate.
Starting with one of the surface aspects of my cultural identity is my language. I speak English, like most people who were born in America I learned English and only English right from the start. I
What is culture? Many people ask themselves this question every day. The more you think about it the more confusing it is. Sometimes you start leaning to a culture and then people tell you you’re wrong or they make you feel like a different person because of your culture. I go through this almost every day. Because of the way I was raised I love Mexican rodeo but I was born and raised in Joliet. This can be very difficult trying to understand culture. I live in this huge mix of culture. Culture is personal. People can have many cultures especially in America and because of globalization. Cultural identity is not one or the other, it is not Mexican or American. Cultural identity is an individual relevant thing.
Basic Intro of Cultural Assessment Model Involving Children & Family Life in Roma Culture “A fundamental belief of professional nursing holds that all individuals are to be cared for with respect and dignity regardless of culture, beliefs, or disease process” (Catalano, 2015). The idea of “culture” has many different meanings and connotations. One that is commonly accepted is that it is a, “collective way of thinking that distinguishes one relatively large group from another” often based off if the particular “group’s acceptance of a set of attitudes, ideologies, values, beliefs, and behaviors…” (Catalano, 2015).
Cultural proficiency is seeing the difference and responding effectively in a variety of environments. Learning about organizational and individual culture, in which one can effectively interact in a variety of cultural environments (p. 3). In simple terms in which educators are not only able to effectively work with diverse populations, but also believe that diversity adds positive value to the educational enterprise (Landa, 2011, p. 12).
My personal cultural identity is a lot different compared to the society I am surrounded by. I am considered an outsider in my society. I am an outsider living in a constantly changing environment where there are many different kinds of people and many different cultural identities. In my culture we know how to respect people and their belongings, know how to work hard, use what we have while being thankful for it at the same time, and last we know how to stay true to ourselves in this very fast pace world of ours. I am a cowboy.
I have never really sat down and thought about my cultural identity, at least until I started this class. I never thought about how my identity was different than that of other members in my community. I also never put much mind to the communication challenges that I could face when speaking with members of my community. To be totally honest, there is more cultural differences that I have faced and actually paid attention to, and now I seem to understand the importance of how one culture differs from another.
Everyone sees each other differently, no matter if it’s the same race or ethnicity. How we see each other puts us into curiosity and learning new perceptions of that person, person’s culture, or their birthplace. It all affects the way we see everything with our identities, and our type of personality. No matter if you have multiple races, ethnicities, or nationalities more than someone else, the truth is all of that crawls up to a ball of information relating your culture, and identity. Most cultures
Identity is greatly affected by social equality and inequality. Equality and inequality are created because of difference in the power in the society. There are many factors that can create equality and inequality such as: majority and minority, economic disparity, political actions, social interaction, education, and many more. Since one of the cause in the construction of cultural identity is observation, the equality and inequality will cause people to see the imbalanced power in the society. Personally, I have two different cultural identities which are shaped in two different places, one in Indonesia, and one in the US. Both my cultural identities viewed as strong and weak in two different places.
In the article “America the Promised Land,” Oskar, argues that even though America is the land where a person will be free to work out his/her destiny as he/she chooses, but people still lose their cultural identity. In addition, Oskar states, “The consumerist society flashes us with announcements everywhere, telling us to be somebody other than ourselves. We end up believing we need to adopt those false appearances to be accepted and to finally feel as if we belong.” There are a lot of people who agree with Oskar, and they believe that people do lose their cultural identity in America because they experienced these situations, but some people totally disagree with Oskar, and they do not believe that people lose their identity. I agree with