Personal Identity And Culture

Introduction When I examine myself dealing with my identity and culture I am reminded that the values are concrete points that are significant influences to me that guides me and it then becomes a process of my decision-making. By using my own story to explore my life experiences and roles in society and the historical and cultural conditions that have shaped my experiences, I was able to identify how I have contributed to historical movements in my lifetime. Caughey says, “Another important aspect of life history involves an exploration of the social situations a person regularly passes through and the ways he or she plays the roles that these social worlds require” (p.50). I had many historical connections throughout my life, but the three
If the child is a girl they put pink on her because it is more of a feminine color and for a boy he wears blue because it is more of a masculine color. These roles are recognized from an extremely young age and pressed on children so that they maintain it. Gender plays a meaningful role in shaping the way that many of us think about others in society. Such as everyone has responsibilities, but being a daughter, my responsibilities were not and are still not the same as my brothers. My responsibilities of being a daughter include learning how to nurture, respecting my parents and being obedient, and prepare to be a mother and produce children, which are also roles that society put on a woman. Growing up, my mother always talked to me more than my brothers about one day having a family of my own. She taught me how to love unconditionally, be nurturing, to support and encourage others because someday I will be a
The language that I speak is English and the cultures that I am a part of are school, work, society, music, sports, volunteer work, religion, and political. I express my identity through various cultures, for instance; my religion is Christianity. Donahue and Benson (1995) “identified a positive association between adolescent religiosity and the presence of prosocial values and behavior” (p.704). Christianity is a major part of my life and has truly shaped my identity; it has formed me into the beautiful woman that I am today. My mother raised all of her children up in church and we rarely missed Wednesday night bible studies and Sunday morning service. As I became a young adult I wasn’t attending church because my mother required me to, I was attending church because I desired to. In respect to this, Christianity encourages me to remain on a path of success, motivation and making the right decisions. Being African American also makes me appreciate my ancestors that laid the groundwork for me to have freedom to choose the right choices that will make me proud of being an African American