Analysis Of Beth Maschinot's The Changing Face Of The United States

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Shakir Uzma, community activist and advocate, Mehru Ali, professor at Ryerson university in Canada, and Dave Este, professor at the university of Calgary in Canada, in their video posted on YouTube they discuss about how most parents like to raise their children the same way they were raised. Also, there is so much expectation and demand on the children, they want them to do things or behave the way they did. Moreover, all of the researcher believe that in order to have or build self-confidence a child needs to have a strong cultural identity. Also, Parents should maintain pride in their own culture and open to embrace new culture.
In Beth Maschinot’s book entitled “The Changing Face of the United States” she discusses about how culture is

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