Boundaries in United States and People’s Worldview People can be grouped automatically by their culture‚ age‚ class‚ beliefs and so on. Perhaps on a subconscious level‚ we were thinking people with the same worldview were able to get along with each other. Not only people from broader society‚ but also American college students have their groups often defined by language. Someone goes out with only fixed number of people‚ and rarely change all the time. Someone is even isolated by others because
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Cultural Baggage The article “Cultural Baggage” by Barbara Ehrenreich’s was difficult to understand. But‚ in the beginning it talks about a friend asking the writer what her ethnic background was and Ehrenreich says “none”. This puts her to think since the friend mentions that she knows everything about her ancestors. Then she goes on saying that she was Scottish‚English and Irish. She begins to feel some guilt for saying none and for not knowing much about her background which even makes her
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228/272 Summary of “Cultural Baggage” In the article “Cultural Baggage” published at The New York Times magazine on May 3‚ 1992‚ the author Barbara Ehrenreich assess and weighs hers and other people’s cultural and religious background. By listening to an exciting friend about her cultural legacy‚ Mrs. Ehrenreich abruptly understood that she hasn’t defined one. However‚ she impliedly denotes some English heritage. In the 60’s and 70’s era‚ she witnessed ethnical and cultural awakening. These celebrations
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In the essay‚ “Cultural Baggage” by Barbara Ehrenreich believed that you do not have to be the religion or culture you were raised with. Ehrenreich believed that everyone was their own person and could be who they want to be. She was apart of her own culture called “nothing” culture‚ that meant she didn’t follow any of the cultural acts that her family would. She believe she could do whatever she wanted even if it wasn’t like her culture. I think she was right with everything she said in this essay
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It is my belief that the author‚ Barbara Ehrenreich does put forward an objective plan. Although she is a journalist‚ she acts as if her true profession is a scientist. She does this by having only one goal set‚ putting rules and boundaries in place for herself‚ and recording and analyzing the data she has collected. She decided to completely change her lifestyle and learn how many Americans live their lives. Ehrenreich tries her hardest to enter this experiment with neutral‚ unbiased ideologies
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Rhetorical Analysis of Barbra Ehrenreich’s “Cultural Baggage” Logan Quibell First Year Writing Seminar II EN106‚ Ms. Wilcox Barbra Ehrenreich’s “Cultural Baggage” essay found in Greene and Lidinksy (2012)‚ expresses the author’s views on traditional values that come from a family’s heritage. Ehrenreich is motivated to write about this subject because her way of being raised was challenged. She was raised to find new things to try‚ and not succumb to the mindset of just accepting something
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Reading Barbara Ehrenreich interview was very interesting and made me actually think about how others feel or how others are living‚ who appears to be joyful and look like their living good. I agree with just about everything Ehrenreich said. As far as well established businesses that make a plethora amount of money but only pay their employees minimum wage. I personally can’t relate to her interview‚ unfortunately i know a few people who can. Growing up i had a really close friend who parents were
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In the reading "Cultural Baggage" I believe that the message that is intended to be conveyed is that while every one person in life does have their own culture and heritage‚ what is important is that their culture is understood by them but that they also understand and learn of the other cultures that are present. The author continually states that she has no culture and is unsure of how to answer when asked what her culture is. This is because her family‚ while knowing their culture and following
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on their own or with their children. It may come in the form of saving money and buying cheaper food or receiving help from the government for a small amount of time. People in these conditions struggle each day to feed and shelter themselves. Ehrenreich has a Ph.D. in biology and is an experienced writer. This would cause her to earn more than the average person on the street. She would not automatically know the struggles of the people around her‚ but she would have an insight on it. She does
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qualify for cash assistance. In the expo‚ Nickel and Dime‚ Barbara Ehrenreich questioned the “uplifting benefits” of unskilled adults working in a low-wage economy. Ehrenreich’s undercover journalism was her scientific methodology of choice to capture firsthand the experience of poverty in order to prove her theory that it is mathematically impossible for welfare recipients to survive in the low-wage workforce. While following Barbara Ehrenreich journey in “Nickel and Dimed” I realized how certain
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