scientific aspects‚ leads one to address the concept of cultural diversity or multiculturalism. It has been defined that cultural diversity or multiculturalism encompasses the cultural differences that exist between individuals‚ including language‚ dress and traditions‚ one’s notion of morality and religion‚ the way one interacts with the environment‚ and the way societies organize themselves (“Cultural Diversity” 2008). In the concept of cultural diversity‚ it can be recognized that two terms are equally
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Our American culture is impacted by high obesity rates. We often are sucked into fad diet plans and exercises. Particularly in the black community we do not put our health first. Our cultural diet does not consist of dishes with health in mind. We are riddled with obesity‚ hypertension‚ diabetes‚ and etc. All of these disease can be prevented by diet. Why is my community plagued with these preventable diseases? There is a lack of consciousness and education of health. The working or unemployed does
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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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rollercoaster of emotions with family and the choices you make because at the end of it all someone will not be happy. Being multi-cultural can be difficult especially being a child of an immigrant family. Trying to be America but yet trying to be involved with your culture can be a pain in the behind. Knowing where you truly belong can be so confusing so frustrating. Like in the essay “The Good Daughter” by Carl Hwang‚ the author says‚ “My sense of identity was already disintegrating”. I believe many of
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Where do you work and what kind of impact does your job or business has on you? For me‚ I previously owned a pawn shop in Albany. In this frenzied business there is someone always trying to sell you something. You have to work quickly and efficiently‚ because the environment is very fast paced. You need a few employees to maintain the flow of traffic coming into your business. You have to log down every transaction with each customer you do business with‚ This in itself takes up a big part
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Introduction Cultural identity refers to the identity elements of a group of people or a particular culture‚ or even an individual who belongs and influenced by a certain group or culture. Different current cultural researches and social theories have examined cultural identity. Recently‚ a new type of identification has appeared which analyze the recognizing of the individual as a integrated subject within a collection of different cultural identifiers. These cultural identifiers might be the
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Michael Nguyen Professor Liza Rios Communication Studies 110 9 July 2013 Cultural Artifact Speech Outline Recall the time when your boss hands you a bonus check for a job well done. Remember that feeling of excitement and anticipation before you opened it? That is the exact same feeling that the lucky red envelopes during Lunar New Year’s brings to all those who receive one. Today I will be sharing with you fascinating facts about this long honored tradition in the Vietnamese culture. First
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Interview with Maria Mexican culture is colorful and rich‚ enriched with pride and heritage. Family values and strong moral constitution have sustained the culture for hundreds of years. I have had the pleasure to interact and consort with the Mexican culture most of my life in the business that I’m in. Dedication and hard work are the stables that bound the stigma of the Mexican culture. Being that I truly honor the culture I have chosen a friend of mine that I work with to perform my interview
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Cultural Identity is the identity or feeling of belonging into a group. It is up to one’s self-perception and is related to a nationality‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ social class‚ and our generation. My cultural identity is based off of family‚ food‚ sports‚ video games‚ automobiles‚and welding; and it is what made me be who I am today. I believe that my family is one of the fulfilling part of my cultural identity. Although I did not grow up with my father in my life I still had many more relatives
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Cultural competency is important when working in health care because it closes the gap between healthcare practitioners and their patients. It’s important for healthcare practitioners to not only have an understanding of not only a patient’s socio-cultural background because of the different beliefs‚ values‚ and traditions they will experience‚ but it’s also important to know the socio-cultural background of their families. Enculturation is important when you’re working with different groups of people
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