Black Culture Perception

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Cultures can shape Identities, experiences, and your perceptions of other cultures. It can also play a hand in how you interact and react in the world. Being a young Black woman living in the south, my experiences have shaped me in many ways. Often those identities and experiences intersect with others. My experiences and identities also affect how I move around in the world and how other people perceive me whether I like it or not. At a young age, I experienced Black culture first hand. The parties, the laughing, the fashion and the deep history. The result of me experiencing that early made grow to Black culture. The rhythm in my cousins hips and the way the beats in the music vibrated through the party, I was amazed. The fried seasonings

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