Cultural Background Summary The term culture refers to a way of life – traditions and customs – transmitted through learning‚ which play a vital role in molding the beliefs and behaviors of the people exposed to them. According to Tylor (1871)‚ a British anthropologist‚ culture is that complex whole‚ which includes knowledge‚ belief‚ arts‚ morals‚ law‚ custom‚ and other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society. These influences are conveyed from generation to generation
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Getting my license has changed my life forever. This event has allowed me to prove to myself and my parents that I am capable of being on my own and ready to function in the real world. My whole life my parents have regretted the decision to start me in school early. They always worried that I would be unable to handle the stresses of adult life at such a young age. Whenever I would talk to my mom about applying for college she would always say to me‚ “I can’t believe you have to deal with this so
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one of them has each own dialect and tribes that lives in rural part of the area. My mom is a Spanish Filipino and my dad is a Chinese. I embraced two cultures with no problems. Both cultures molded me strongly with values‚ ethics‚ religion and economics. It plays a vital role of who I am now. Let me begin by telling you that in my country‚ the Spanish colony conquered the Philippines in 1621. Magellan named the archipelago in the honor of King Phillip of Portugal at that time. My great –great
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Finding my cultural identity As a teenager my cultural identity has been impacted through the years with my family‚ cultural traditions‚ and even the music I listen too. Living in Louisiana has formed a part of my identity that couldn’t have been developed in any other state or country. From the crawfish boils every easter to the festivals every season playing the sound of zydeco‚ I wouldn’t trade it for anything else. First off‚ my cultural identity would not be the same if it wasn’t for my family
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Identity Identity is achieved by weaving together different parts of the self. It is an arrangement of threads such as gender‚ ethnicity‚ religion et cetera‚ together to make you‚ you. Some of these things you have no control over‚ like gender‚ but threads such as religion and education‚ you have the ability to change should you so choose and because of this identity feels very personal. However‚ it is‚ in fact‚ social. Identity is formed in social and environmental contexts which make it fluid
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things about my family history because my parents both came from a different family background. The one thing my grandparents have in common is that they are Chinese. One different thing is that they are born in separate places. My grandparents on my father’s side were born in China then came to Burma‚ while my grandparents on my mother’s side were born in Burma. Another interesting thing they had in common is that they opened a coffee shop during their 20s. My grandparents on my father’s
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In my experience‚ I don’t think I am reluctant to a specific identity. Houston is a very diverse city that people can find almost any type of music genre. In my community there are Hispanic and African American families. The music that is heard is of all kinds from “R&B‚ Pop music‚ Reggae‚ to Cumbia‚ Bachata and Regional Mexicano.” I have lived in the same community ever since I was born and in my opinion‚ I have grown up listening to the different types of music genres. This has shaped my identity
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individual’s background‚ religion‚ and race there are definitely different cultural backgrounds and values‚ still having to live together and survive on one another in this world. Culture backgrounds are founded to be a systematic way of sharing customs‚ beliefs and behaviors. Individual societies use different ways and things to deal with the world and others around them. These ways of coping are passed along from person to person and from generation to generation in the learning process. Cultural backgrounds
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My Social Identity Social identity can be explained by social identity theory‚ and according to‚ Marsiglia‚ & Kulis‚ (2015) “social identity theory provides insights into how and why people choose to be part of one or another group and what being a part of that group means to them" (p. 103). In this aspect I will attempt to explain the three social identities that defines who I am today. First‚ I identify my gender as a man and how my male gender role was defined by the upbringing by my parent’s
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Identikit Identity is what defines us as a person. Everyone one earth has a unique identity. I made a collage of images called an identikit. The images on the identikit represent what kind of person we are or a side of us we want to show people. My identikit shows the hip-hop side of me. My identikit has images such as a break-dancer‚ which shows the power of hip-hop and headphones‚ which represents the soul of hip-hop. There are three assumptions that come to mind when finding your identity. The first
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