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    system of shared beliefs‚ values‚ customs‚ behaviors‚ and artifacts that the members of society use to cope with their world and with one another‚ and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning. Culture helps us understand how things are created‚ developed‚ managed and changed. Each culture is unique‚ I do not think people will find any culture that is exactly like another culture but I think that they can find many similarities. Some similarities that I have noticed are

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    Cultural Background Paper Natesha C. Robinson SCO/100 May 5th‚ 2010 Leslie Hart University of Phoenix Cultural Background Culture is the totality of learned‚ socially transmitted customs‚ knowledge‚ material objects‚ and behavior. It includes ideas‚ values‚ and artifacts of groups of people (Schaefer‚ 2006). Understanding culture can be tricky‚ ever ask “why do people act the way they do?”‚ “what made me do that”‚ “what was I thinking?” Physical abilities‚ educational background

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    formed your aspirations‚ and accomplished your academic successes. Please describe the factors and challenges that have most shaped your personal life and aspirations. How have these factors helped you to grow? (800 word limit) (772 Words) To make a pizza‚ the dough has to be kneaded evenly‚ the sauce spread sparingly‚ and the toppings placed perfectly. As an elementary school kid‚ listening to my dad tell me stories of his childhood became an afterschool pastime. His stories consisted of how he made

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    1990s's Ethnic Identity

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    six different aspects‚ ethnic identity for whites in the 1990s‚ the ethnic miracle‚ symbolic ethnicities for white Americans‚ race relations and symbolic ethnicity‚ relations on college campuses‚ and institutional responses. Ethnic identity for whites in the 1990s states‚ ethnicity is a social phenomenon‚ not a biological one. Whites are able to claim an ethnicity if they chose so‚ or they could just be white. Whites are the majority groups‚ who have the most power. The ethnic miracle explains‚ by

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    Cultural Background Summary Culture is defined as the system of shared beliefs‚ values‚ customs‚ behaviors‚ and artifacts that the members of society use to cope with their world and with one another‚ and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning. Culture helps to understand how things are created‚ developed‚ managed and changed. Each culture is unique‚ People will not find any culture that is exactly like another culture but they can find many similarities. Some similarities

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    Cultural identity? I’ve always believed that cultural identity is what your ethnicity or race is. But no‚ apparently‚ it’s much more complex. Cultural identity is something that defines who you are‚ what you believe‚ how you behave‚ what you eat‚ what you wear‚ etc. Hm… Seems very complicated. Everyone else seem to define themselves very easily. Me‚ I seem to only scratch the surface of who I am. To start off‚ I can say that my culture is somewhat stereotypical. Im full Filipino (for all I know

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    Loud‚ smart and classy are a couple of words people that know me may use to describe me. I completely agree with the description because‚ well that’s just me. Cultural Identity is the identity or feeling of belonging to a group. My personal culture is based on the food I eat‚ the clothes I wear and the music that races through my ears and empowers me. One element of my culture is the clothes I wear. Clothes are items worn to cover the body‚ but my clothes are so much more than that. I would describe

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    My Ethnic Identity

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    My personal cultural background was full of many experiences that I carry with me from day to day to remind me what used to be. I grew up in what one would describe to be an upper middle class setting. I am the middle child of five. I have two sisters and two brothers; one of each gender older and younger. We were brought up in a single parent household‚ raised by our mom. We were afforded certain luxuries because of our mom’s work history with the federal government and the U.S. Air Force. My response

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    and ready to go‚ you must follow these instructions in order to save yourself some time of relaxation. Before you start your vacation‚ first‚ you have to make a list of things that is necessary to bring with you. Making a list is a helpful way to sort out which items to bring or not to bring on the vacation. Next‚ you need to find a suitcase or a duffle bag to put your items in. Then‚ look through the list and find the necessary items to bring with you‚ like a small tube of toothpaste and a

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    My Cultural Background

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    1-Describe your family (origin‚ class‚ education…………etc). My family moved to the United States from India when I was about 4. Their class is high because in India‚ you are either rich or poor. My mom has a Master’s degree in Physics and my dad has a Bachelors in Accounting. Education is very important in my family. We used to get math books for our birthdays. It sucked. 2-Your neighborhood-other factors: religion-disabilities-social class…….We moved around. In Georgia‚ it was a very black neighborhood

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