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    Fisher Cultural Background My cultural background can be described as very unpleasant‚ I had it hard from all races. My own culture put me down because I was light skin and red hair‚ other culture groups put me down because I was black. From the time I started school until my first year of High School‚ I was known to some races as being to good and yet to another race not being good enough. I learned later on in school that appearance do not reveal much about each other’s backgrounds and experiences

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    I come from a low-income‚ single parent‚ immigrant household. My life hasn’t been the easiest‚ but the challenges I faced growing up that most shaped who I am today weren’t from any external factors. They were within me. I am in a constant struggle of identity: humans‚ particularly insecure‚ neurotic‚ coming-of-age women like myself‚ are in a constant search for identification‚ an anchor that we hold on to validate our existence and legitimize any worries we have that we aren’t normal. It was difficult

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    Personal Identity: I am a black female that was born in Trinidad. I identify with the West Indian cultural background‚ which is the most influential way I define myself. The characteristics and behavior that I display that influences for cultural identities is my accent‚ the type of food I cook and/or prefer‚ the type of music I listen to‚ and some of the events I celebrate. The values that are associated with my cultural membership is education‚ the school system is very structured and strict‚

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    Identity is an individual’s comprehension of him or herself. This course has helped me discover my sense of identity. In addition‚ it has changed me in subtle ways. Honestly‚ I am a very stubborn person. It is relatively hard to change my beliefs about something. Therefore‚ this course was a stepping-stone in the right direction. I have changed and developed my sense of identity in three different areas. The first area I have enhanced is my personal identity. To my knowledge‚ personal identity deals

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    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

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    Identity Shaped by Personal Choices People think that identity can be shaped by different things. Some could argue that identity is shaped more by culture or simply by your personal choices. This essay will discuss how identity is shaped by your personal choices. “To understand identity we must examine the choices we make in our daily lives” (Latterell 11). Some characteristics that are made by your personal choices are the music you choose to listen‚ your overall appearance like your clothing

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    The main challenge in my adolescence stage was the search of my Identity. It was very hard and confusing for me to search and find my ethnicity‚ religion‚ gender‚ and vocational. Being a daughter to parents who have different culture and background was very challenging to me. As my father was from Ethiopia and my mother was from Kenya .My father and my mother were very different culturally‚ religiously‚ and ritually. The Ethiopian culture was very different from the Kenyan culture on terms of clothing

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    difficult. My mother’s family was from Peru‚ while my father’s was from Bangladesh. In my young mind‚ there was an internal struggle with what my identity actually consisted of. I wasn’t wholly from one culture or the other‚ and felt like a black sheep when interacting with either side of my family. Due to this‚ I attempted to keep these cultures partitioned. At the time‚ they were different portions of my life that simply couldn’t intermix. This mentality in turn led me to foolishly shy away from my joint

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    I am a unique individual with my own cultural identities. At an early age‚ I became aware of my ethnicity and how different I am compared to other individuals that identified themselves as Hispanic. My experiences have molded my cultural development and my ideas about what culture means. I believe culture is a group of people that share common interests‚ costumes‚ and ideologies. In addition‚ the word culture implies the individual identify themselves with a specific ethnic group and complies by

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    My Cultural Identity Many people wonder what’s my cultural identity‚ I always get asked “What are you?” “Are you black‚ Indian‚ Asian‚ etc ?” I understand my caramel skin tone may make people wonder what my race or culture may be. But no‚ I’m not black nor Indian. I define my cultural identity to be Mexican-American‚ since my family and I migrated from Mexico to the United State when I was only two years old. My religion‚ the way I dress‚and what I eat symbolize what my cultural identity

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