National identities are very much manifested in the social relationships, cultural expressions, and socio-economic experiences of a borderland community. In the U.S. there is so much unique diversity and I am going to prove this using the CSU Long Beach campus. My group and I from my history class took a fieldtrip around campus to analyze the different cultures and people that interacted on campus as well as one event that we attended. Throughout class we also read many stories on cultural borderlands such as Imagined Communities, written by Benedict Anderson and Cultural Borderlands, written by Rosaldo. According to Rosaldo cultural borderlands are the “cultural inconsistencies, conflicts, and contradictions” within a culture (Rosaldo 28).
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Although the U.S. is seen as one big melting pot of one culture nevertheless there are many minority borderland communities mixing their unique culture with this nation’s culture. This is proved through the diversity of the students, different types of restaurants, and who has more opportunities than others.
First off, social relationships among a diversity of students was shown on our field trip throughout CSULB. CSULB is one big school of cultural diversity and borderland communities which is easily shown through the relationships among people. Social relationship between people is very important not only to educate others, but to let people of different communities and cultures that this is a safe learning environment no matter who you are. On our field trip we had a Zumba class on the Freedom Lawn. This was super diverse and important to the campus. The music that was playing was salsa music. It was a great experience because not only did Latino people dance but, African Americans, Muslim-Indians, and many others joined in on the fun. This was important because it showed that everyone can put aside difference of opinions and come together to dance and …show more content…
Students get to decide if they want the experience of living on campus and being able to walk 10 minutes to get home right after a class. CSULB offers a dining hall for students to eat whenever they’re hungry. This is also offered to any student and even international students who want to have the American experience. In class we have this girl who came from London who always mentions how different California is from London, but she loves it here and in class we always talk about the integration of international student who educate us as we educate them. That was a very important lesson in class. It is $11,000 at California State, Long Beach, but FAFSA can help with that immensely. I, for example, did not get that opportunity because I could not afford it. My family is a middle class family so I don’t have to worry too much about the expenses of school, but I don’t have financial freedom either. The great thing about CSULB is that it is affordable compared to other schools, in terms of the tuition. One thing I loved about the idea of living on campus is that you can decorate your room however you want and keep your unique sense of culture, when being an international student or very grounded cultural student, but when you go to eat in the dining halls or go on campus you get the mix of different cultures with the American culture. So, you get to commute, live on
Although the U.S. is seen as one big melting pot of one culture nevertheless there are many minority borderland communities mixing their unique culture with this nation’s culture. This is proved through the diversity of the students, different types of restaurants, and who has more opportunities than others.
First off, social relationships among a diversity of students was shown on our field trip throughout CSULB. CSULB is one big school of cultural diversity and borderland communities which is easily shown through the relationships among people. Social relationship between people is very important not only to educate others, but to let people of different communities and cultures that this is a safe learning environment no matter who you are. On our field trip we had a Zumba class on the Freedom Lawn. This was super diverse and important to the campus. The music that was playing was salsa music. It was a great experience because not only did Latino people dance but, African Americans, Muslim-Indians, and many others joined in on the fun. This was important because it showed that everyone can put aside difference of opinions and come together to dance and …show more content…
Students get to decide if they want the experience of living on campus and being able to walk 10 minutes to get home right after a class. CSULB offers a dining hall for students to eat whenever they’re hungry. This is also offered to any student and even international students who want to have the American experience. In class we have this girl who came from London who always mentions how different California is from London, but she loves it here and in class we always talk about the integration of international student who educate us as we educate them. That was a very important lesson in class. It is $11,000 at California State, Long Beach, but FAFSA can help with that immensely. I, for example, did not get that opportunity because I could not afford it. My family is a middle class family so I don’t have to worry too much about the expenses of school, but I don’t have financial freedom either. The great thing about CSULB is that it is affordable compared to other schools, in terms of the tuition. One thing I loved about the idea of living on campus is that you can decorate your room however you want and keep your unique sense of culture, when being an international student or very grounded cultural student, but when you go to eat in the dining halls or go on campus you get the mix of different cultures with the American culture. So, you get to commute, live on