Hannah Wing: A Cultural Experience

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Cultural Experience Paper - Hannah Wing
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Lindsey went to a high school on the North side on Indiana that was a predominately white, upper class school. Out of her class of 104, only 5 students were not white. There was 4 asian students and her that made up the non white minority of her class. All of her teachers were also of the white majority. Therefore Lindsey was underrepresented and tended to be singled out. Lindsey did not feel that the curriculum reflected her culture. She felt very under represented when it came to both textbooks and teachers. Lindsey said “ there was only one teacher that was open enough to talk about race”. She said teachers were scared to bring up race. For example in one class they were reading …show more content…

When asked about discipline at home she said that if you got in trouble you picked your own switch and braced yourself to get your butt beaten. At home their was always a consequence and you knew it. When she talked about school she said “money could get you out of just about anything”. She explained a situation in which a student got expelled, but then their parents made “some generous donations” and that student was allowed to return. “The only exception was if a girl got pregnant then the girl, not the dude, would be kicked out!” Going along with values, Lindsey said that something the school did not value that her home did was food. She mentioned that the school could mess up any food, yet at home, if Lindsey came home with good grades like an A on a test her dad would fix up a big dinner to celebrate. Lastly she talked about how school valued education versus how her culture viewed it. She went on to say that “our school only cares about grades because it reflected good on the school, but my parents value …show more content…

We were taught that god made us all and we are all the same, both in school and at home. Color blindness was just a common theme throughout my development. Although we all did have our stereotypes and there were judgments passed around time to time, I never experienced prejudice because I was the same as most of the students. Although people still found ways to be mean and bully me it was never because of my color. I was also around people who were the same as me in almost all aspects, so fitting in was not hard. Both my school and home culture were very similar so it also made it very easy to fit in because I was comfortable. I was also around people who were the same as me in almost all aspects, so fitting in was not

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