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Mexican American Culture Analysis
When I first thought about what my culture is I automatically thought well I’m Mexican American but after looking up the definition I can say that I am also Military. I say that because after 29 years of marriage to a United States Airmen I have been a part of a society with its own values, customs and way of life. What’s more because of the military I had the opportunity to travel and not only experience other cultures but compare them to mine.
Every culture has values, beliefs, customs, and folkways called norms these norms are important because they help keep order by regulating behaviors and they define them as unique societies. Although, some of these norms are different in every culture I feel that they all share some of the same core

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