Ethnic Groups
9.What were your parents’ main advice to you about people from other ethnic groups (both positive and negative)?
My parents are very accepting of other races. They told me that the color of someone’s skin doesn’t determine who they are and that how someone acts is determined by how life is treating them at the time. They said that nobody is born evil. My parents also told me that people might make fun of me because of my race and that I shouldn’t listen to those people. They told me that many people are still oppressed today and I shouldn’t be someone who contributes to that oppression.
3. Discuss the messages you received about your cultural or ethnic background and what childhood experiences reinforced them (explicit and implicit; positive …show more content…
For example when people would say a comment like, “What did you bring for lunch? Dogs?” I wouldn’t react simply because I knew they were joking. However, this has both its positive and negative aspects. It can be seen as a positive because it makes it easier to interact with many people by not taking anything personally. However, it can be negative because I don’t speak up when people are genuinely being rude. When it comes to compliments about my Chinese culture it’s typically along the lines of “China is truly a beautiful country” or “Chinese culture is very interesting.” These comments are nice to receive because they make me proud of my Asian heritage.
5. Describe the childhood, adolescent, and current experiences or relationships that shaped your negative and positive views of people who are culturally different than you.
Throughout my life most of the schools I’ve been to have been racially diverse. I remember in 4th grade on my first day at the Academy at Lincoln I was first exposed to an environment where the majority of students weren’t white. My time at the Academy at Lincoln allowed me to learn a lot about other cultures. It allowed me to have a very diverse friend group which taught me about other cultures. For instance, I learned that Indians celebrate a holiday called Diwali which is a festival of lights. Spending time with diverse people has also debunked a lot of stereotypes I’d previously heard about other ethnic
My parents are very accepting of other races. They told me that the color of someone’s skin doesn’t determine who they are and that how someone acts is determined by how life is treating them at the time. They said that nobody is born evil. My parents also told me that people might make fun of me because of my race and that I shouldn’t listen to those people. They told me that many people are still oppressed today and I shouldn’t be someone who contributes to that oppression.
3. Discuss the messages you received about your cultural or ethnic background and what childhood experiences reinforced them (explicit and implicit; positive …show more content…
For example when people would say a comment like, “What did you bring for lunch? Dogs?” I wouldn’t react simply because I knew they were joking. However, this has both its positive and negative aspects. It can be seen as a positive because it makes it easier to interact with many people by not taking anything personally. However, it can be negative because I don’t speak up when people are genuinely being rude. When it comes to compliments about my Chinese culture it’s typically along the lines of “China is truly a beautiful country” or “Chinese culture is very interesting.” These comments are nice to receive because they make me proud of my Asian heritage.
5. Describe the childhood, adolescent, and current experiences or relationships that shaped your negative and positive views of people who are culturally different than you.
Throughout my life most of the schools I’ve been to have been racially diverse. I remember in 4th grade on my first day at the Academy at Lincoln I was first exposed to an environment where the majority of students weren’t white. My time at the Academy at Lincoln allowed me to learn a lot about other cultures. It allowed me to have a very diverse friend group which taught me about other cultures. For instance, I learned that Indians celebrate a holiday called Diwali which is a festival of lights. Spending time with diverse people has also debunked a lot of stereotypes I’d previously heard about other ethnic