My Cultural Identity

Introduction Intercultural communication is an important aspect of our lives even if we do not realize it because it allows us to gain knowledge of one’s own identity and other peoples’ identities. Through intercultural communication, people from different identities can better communicate with each other. In this paper, I will take about my own identity in regard to cultural identity, social identity and personal identity as well as an article that focus on intercultural research in regard to Muslims, civil liberties restrictions, terrorism and the media.
Arjunpreet Grewal I am Arjunpreet Grewal. I grew up in Turlock, California. I lived in Turlock for about 5 years and then I moved to Modesto, California. I lived in Modesto about 7 years then moved to Keyes, California. I currently live in Keyes, California. I am a 22 year old middle class Sikh-American male. My family includes my dad, mom and older sister. I am the youngest in my family. My family and I are Sikh-Americans. Our religion is Sikhism. My parents were born in India. My ancestors are from India. My ethnic heritage would be
I have been to Canada, England, Mexico and Peru. Usually, every year my family and I go to Canada to visit my relatives from my dad side. Most of my relatives on my dad side are from Canada and their religion is Sikhism. My relatives from my mom side are from United States and are Sikh-Americans. I do have some relatives from England but my family and I do not visit that often. I have to been to Mexico twice. The first time I went to Mexico was with my cousins from Canada. We stayed in Cancun, Mexico for about a week. My cousins and I did activities such as cave jumping, zip-lining and went to dance clubs. The second time I was in Mexico was because my friends and I had a 72 hour delay on our flight to the United States and as a result, my friends and I spent our 72 hour delay by exploring Mexico