The Influence Of Cultural Identity

Cultural identity is a tricky thing. In Elise Trumbull and Maria Pacheco’s article “What is Cultural Identity, they wrote, “Most of the time, our own cultures are invisible to us…” An individual’s cultural identity cannot be determined solely on race or what he or she likes to do. To truly ascertain one’s own cultural identity, you have to look deeper into your being. What makes you you? That’s the question, and the answer will ultimately lead to the discovery of your cultural identity. A person’s cultural identity is developed by taking different aspects of your life into account, mixing them together to form a bubbling concoction of characteristics, experiences, values, and interests. My cultural identity is influenced by many different

Being a teenager puts me in a group all on its own. Businesses see us as a means to securing their future. They introduce new ideas and concepts to us now so we will be on board with them when we are adults. We’re exposed to new ideas and prospects all the time. We see them mainly online because that’s where we spend most of our time. My age group is more innovative and open-minded than its predecessors because of this. We want to learn more, and we are more enthusiastic about the new advancements in technology and are drawn to new regimes. Older people are more opposed to these progressive ideas. They would rather stick to the past, while we look towards the future. Age creates a barrier between us and other age groups. It isolates us from others, thus creating our own

These different things come from aspects of different cultures I’ve encountered. They’ve also come from the various experiences I have had and things I’ve come into contact with in my environment. I don’t fall into one specific category, rather the gray space in between. A person’s cultural identity is like a giant Venn diagram—a cluster of different cultures coming together, forming your cultural identity in the parts where they coincide. Each person’s cultural identity is different, and that’s what makes us unique. I’m a black-Cajun-computer-nerd. My cultural identity is my own, and I’m proud of