Culture diversity is defined as: the cultural variety and cultural differences that exist in the world‚ a society‚ or an institution according to dictionary.com. I decided to research the African American culture because their culture interested me most. The structure in African American families is often an extended family with non-related “family” members. The family is typically matriarchal because African American families are far more likely become single parent’s households. Grandparents are
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I have two cultural background which are Cherokee Indian and African American . Cherokee is really pronounced as “CHAIR-uh-kee” in our language. Cherokee comes from a Muskogee word meaning ‘speakers of another language’. Cherokee Indians originally called themselves Aniyunwiya “the principal people‚” but today they accept the named Cherokee. But in their language it is pronounced Tsadagi . The Cherokees are original residents of the American southeast region‚ particularly Georgia‚ North and South
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Personal Cultural Background A person’s identity is unique and has a foundation of various sources. These sources may be different for every person‚ ranging from a person’s upbringing to a person’s religion. This paper will define cultural background and examine the multiple sources that make up my own personal cultural background that helped mold my individual identity. Furthermore‚ the paper will speculate on the extent to which my current identity has been molded by assimilation‚ acculturation
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systems‚ traditions‚ modes of life and beliefs of the society. It also absorbs from other cultures and undergoes changes with time‚ sometimes beneficial‚ sometimes regressive. When the word "culture" is mentioned‚ we can think of many things as "cultural"‚ such as language‚ clothings... etc‚ because we classify cultures of different places. However‚ culture is so valuable that it has to be kept for thousands of years‚and passed on by one generation to another. Culture is so important that it is more
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Catholic influences‚ from my parents to the rest of the people living around us. My parents both grew up with those Catholic teachings all their lives as well‚ considering my father grew up in a pure Italian family and my mother came from a Ukrainian background. Today I continue to live my life with those same virtues and have also passed them down to my son the same way my parents did to me. As I have gone through the experiences of assimilation‚ acculturation‚ and a climate of pluralism; my identity
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A Nursing Method to African American Heritage Abstract This paper explores the African American heritage and also identifies the significance of nurses being culturally aware‚ sensitive and competent when caring for people of African American heritage. Although these terms mentioned above are used interchangeably‚ they have different meanings. Cultural awareness is appreciating the external or material part of the culture‚ such as the music‚ arts‚ and physical characteristics
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I honestly can say that I was excited to write this paper. The past couple of months‚ I have been dealing with what my identity is or what defines me. I have been interested in what I let define me‚ or what things in my life make me‚ me. This cultural background paper is about the values‚ experiences‚ worldviews‚ and different identities that have shaped me throughout the years. It makes you think hard about the things you let into your life‚ or even the values you developed through your family or
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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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African American culture in the United States refers to the cultural contributions of Americans of African descent to the culture of the United States‚ either as part of or distinct from American culture. The distinct identity of African American culture is rooted in the historical experience of the African American people. The culture is both distinct and enormously influential to American culture as a whole. African-American culture is rooted in Africa. It is a blend of chiefly sub-Saharan African
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141 Maundaari Shirer 711 6\1\13 Personal Narrative My blatant lack of care for religion was entirely influenced by my cultural background. My nescient views were caused by a heated dispute between me and my parents. My experience growing up is and will be significantly altered by this moment in my life 2 years ago. My cultural background has an impact on my life growing up‚ as well as how I felt at the time and the significance of the event. The event was intense as it had
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