Henslin (2012) defines culture as: “the language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and even material objects that are passed from one generation to the next” (p. 42). My culture and ethnicity happens to be Italian. Even though, I have two parents from different ethnic backgrounds I experienced absolutely little in relation to my mother’s. On the other hand, my father’s ethnicity is what myself and my siblings were raised with and experienced. Inside different cultures there are material culture and non-material culture. Material culture includes items that our cultures possess: non-material culture includes our thoughts and ideas within our culture (Henslin 2012). For instance, material culture would be food, clothes, artifacts;
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Catholicism is the religion of nearly all Italians; it is the religion that we learned growing up. Catechism, First Communion, Sunday school, and church are what have instilled my values and beliefs that I have to this day. In addition to this, my father gave us rules to live, which some were profoundly essential. One such rule was if one cannot afford to not receive it back do not loan money. My mother ethnic background, I learned surprisingly little regarding it, thus I cannot communicate one example other than she is white. I can only speculate that she is from the south. We ate southern fried cooking at times and she was extremely racist, however this is only speculation. I personally imagine my mother was ashamed of her …show more content…
This is all summarized by judging what you do not understand. Culture relativism is the opposite of ethnocentrism, thus being able to be on the outside and looking in on another culture without judging. I guess seeing the way my father was loving, affectionate, and pleasant to people that has molded myself into who I continue to be. My mother’s racism also molded myself into who I happen to be due to the fact that I vowed to never be that way. I may have been a little ethnocentric when I was younger, although as I reached adulthood I became culturally relative. I remain remarkably open minded when it comes to other people’s culture. In addition, I do not judge anyone based on gender or sexual
Catholicism is the religion of nearly all Italians; it is the religion that we learned growing up. Catechism, First Communion, Sunday school, and church are what have instilled my values and beliefs that I have to this day. In addition to this, my father gave us rules to live, which some were profoundly essential. One such rule was if one cannot afford to not receive it back do not loan money. My mother ethnic background, I learned surprisingly little regarding it, thus I cannot communicate one example other than she is white. I can only speculate that she is from the south. We ate southern fried cooking at times and she was extremely racist, however this is only speculation. I personally imagine my mother was ashamed of her …show more content…
This is all summarized by judging what you do not understand. Culture relativism is the opposite of ethnocentrism, thus being able to be on the outside and looking in on another culture without judging. I guess seeing the way my father was loving, affectionate, and pleasant to people that has molded myself into who I continue to be. My mother’s racism also molded myself into who I happen to be due to the fact that I vowed to never be that way. I may have been a little ethnocentric when I was younger, although as I reached adulthood I became culturally relative. I remain remarkably open minded when it comes to other people’s culture. In addition, I do not judge anyone based on gender or sexual