It seems like we spend so much time learning about other cultures that we often don’t take a step back to reflect upon our own culture and appreciate it. Culture is defined as the ideas, customs, and social behavior of a particular people or society (oxforddictionaries.com). America is one of the most diverse countries in the world when it comes to culture. As we all learned in history class at some point, the “American Dream” brought in a large number of people from around the world. Along with those people came their cultures. These cultures remained prevalent for generations to come. In my case, I am the product of Caucasian and Hispanic parents. So like many others in this country, I have a mixed background of cultures. My father is Caucasian
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As I stated earlier, family is extremely important to my mother and that has passed to myself as well, “The Hispanic family is a close-knit group and the most important social unit. The family unit usually extends beyond the nuclear family” (augusta.edu). I can personally vouch for this statement. I was very close to my mother’s side of the family, aunts, uncles, cousins it didn’t matter we were all close. Religion is a large part of my culture and my mother’s as well, “Religion plays a significant role in day-to-day life. More than 90 percent of the Spanish-speaking world is Roman Catholic” (augusta.edu). “St. Augustine, Florida, and Sante Fe, New Mexico were Hispanic cities founded before Plymouth, Massachusetts”, from where I was born, Sante Fe is about 3 hours away and a very interesting city to visit (augusta.edu). It doesn’t take a historian to tell that some of the old Spanish cities have been in America long before the “American Dream” was even thought of. Something I didn’t mention earlier is that I am related to the first European explorer to set foot in Kansas. Francisco Vázquez de Coronado was a Spanish Conquistador around the 1500’s, who after exploring, married and spent the rest of his years in Mexico City, Mexico (biography.com). My mother was working on our family tree and happened to come across his name. He is my 16th great grandfather. He is how my mother’s side of the family came over from
As I stated earlier, family is extremely important to my mother and that has passed to myself as well, “The Hispanic family is a close-knit group and the most important social unit. The family unit usually extends beyond the nuclear family” (augusta.edu). I can personally vouch for this statement. I was very close to my mother’s side of the family, aunts, uncles, cousins it didn’t matter we were all close. Religion is a large part of my culture and my mother’s as well, “Religion plays a significant role in day-to-day life. More than 90 percent of the Spanish-speaking world is Roman Catholic” (augusta.edu). “St. Augustine, Florida, and Sante Fe, New Mexico were Hispanic cities founded before Plymouth, Massachusetts”, from where I was born, Sante Fe is about 3 hours away and a very interesting city to visit (augusta.edu). It doesn’t take a historian to tell that some of the old Spanish cities have been in America long before the “American Dream” was even thought of. Something I didn’t mention earlier is that I am related to the first European explorer to set foot in Kansas. Francisco Vázquez de Coronado was a Spanish Conquistador around the 1500’s, who after exploring, married and spent the rest of his years in Mexico City, Mexico (biography.com). My mother was working on our family tree and happened to come across his name. He is my 16th great grandfather. He is how my mother’s side of the family came over from