My Fathers Side Of The Past, Present And Future

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Gail Lumet Buckley once said "Family faces are like magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present and future. We make discoveries about ourselves.” We all come from some where and that is truly what makes you part of who you are. You identify yourself the way that you do for many reasons; whether it’s skin color, eye color, hair color, where you come from, and many other different qualities. But what some people don’t think to much about is, you identify with those things because of your ancestors, the people before you. All of these little minuet things that your ancestors did hundreds of years ago, has paved the way for you and your life. We might all not know our families history or where exactly we came from …show more content…

I grew up attending a private christian school until I was about 10 or 11. So you could say that it played into a large part of young and early life but as of now I don’t remember much from those school years. I really think that those years gave me the foundation for who I am and my views today. My fathers side of the family is fairly religious, attending and participating in church every single weekend. While on the other hand I don 't think anyone on my mothers side has been to church unless someone was getting married or there was a funeral. I find it odd that I come from two very different religious family backgrounds and yet still can identify with both sides of my …show more content…

Like I stated before I am from an Scottish, Irish, and English background, making me white. Some people in my family are prejudice and discriminate unfortunately. My grandmother on my mothers side tends to be a little prejudice, because she was brought up during a time that it was ok. She was born in 1933 back on the East Coast, she grew up and graduated in a segregated school. She really did see a lot happen in her time growing up and even now. I mean she went from segregation to having a half African American president! I can say that I am not prejudice nor discriminate like most of my family. They tend to lump people of different minority groups together. They tend to do this by using stereotypical or racist labels for groups. I really don’t think that my family has come to realize that soon we will be the minority in this country. They haven’t really changed their opinion about minority groups even though times are constantly changing. My mothers side of the family tends to think more on a prejudice or discriminatory side of things with minority groups. I’ve tried to talk to them about some of the issues and they are very set in their ways of thinking. I really do think that it’s sad to see them like that. I don’t think that they have had the exposure to even give them an idea of some of the things minority groups have dealt

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