Cultural Diversity In America

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In today’s society culture and the lifestyle of one’s self varies among each individual. Across the world there are different types of cultures, each identifying a person in a unique way. This culture diversity is defined as a way to differentiate among many other existing cultures based off many factors. Culture diversity in America is defined as a great contribution to society. Diversity itself enriches the world with many multinational cultures and customs that each individual contributes to society. Culture Diversity as well plays a big role in schools. Many nations including the U.S are growing to become more cultural and ethnically diverse which is causing for many public schools to become diverse as well. My first field work experience …show more content…
These two events were more of a hands on hands experience and as well very delicious. The cultural art event consisted of people engaging with the cultural artistic side of the Hispanic heritage. During this time of the month Mexico is having an important celebration known as “dia de los muertos” meaning day of the dead. During this cultural art event I observed how many GGC students engaged with other students to create beautiful works of art and as well be able to experience art in another type of form. The main goal of this event was to draw a colorful vibrant piece of artwork that represented what Hispanic culture was for each one them. I found this very amusing because there was once again a combination of both people who came from Hispanic culture and the rest who did not. Many students represented great works of art which represented what being Hispanic meant for …show more content…
This was a very delicious and interesting field work experience. I really am a big lover of food and as well enjoy eating food from different countries. The taste of Latin America consisted of different foods ranging from different parts of Latin America such as Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and among many other countries. There was a variety of food such as rice and beans which is a typical dish from most of the countries in Latin America. Another type of food which in El Salvador is considered a snack was popusas. It is a thick soft flour tortilla filled with cheese in the middle kind of like a quesadilla though it was bigger and cheesier. During this event I observed how the cultural diversity was based on food and the way many people had the opportunity to try different flavors from the many dishes that were provided to them. Both the cultural the cultural art and taste of Latin America were a great experience which I had fun participating. I had the chance to see art differently and was introduced to new types of dishes from different types of Hispanic

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