Personal Narrative: Celebrating Holidays In My Cultural Identity

Being a black African American from South Louisiana is how the general population sees me and i’m ok with that because it’s true. There is always more to an average person that it seems to come off as. Having the skin color I have plays a HUGE role in my cultural identity and it defines some of my lifestyle. I have family members who stay all over the U.S and even Germany, so when everyone links up for a family gathering each person brings a dish and it’s very interesting trying new foods from all around the world. The way we celebrate holidays, eat and cook, and also my religion is examples of things that help me define my culture. Celebrating holidays in my family are really interesting because it’s women against men when we all get together. Being a black person and celebrating holidays probably has more meaning of love to it than any other race due to our history as black people. Even though the women and men in my family compete to see who’s the best cook or who makes the best drinks it's always love involved. My family is very unique and has a strong bond mostly because there isn’t many of us left. I don’t come from a huge family which is kind of why celebrating holidays plays a huge role.
My sister, brother, and mother had a baptism ceremony and i’m the only one who hasn’t yet. As a child, I went to church every Sunday and attended Sunday school as well, but now i don’t attend church that much. My mother had us move around a lot in the last 4 years, so finding a stable church is a challenge, but that still doesn’t mean we don’t take pride in our religion. We are sometimes judged by our lifestyle and how we don’t live by the bible we have strong church members who are friends of the family and they really frown down upon us. The Blackburn family doesn’t live by the bible word for word, but we do cherish our religious