Cultural Identity Essay: My List Of My Culture

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“Is everybody 's’ culture the same as mine?” I ask myself every time i think about my culture. Everybody’s culture is different in many ways. We describe this as cultural identity. In the personal essay “Ethnic Hash”, it describes the different cultures as ingredients in an ethnic hash. Just like how different ingredients in a hash brown make up the form and taste in it. Maybe u like certain music than the music that your friend listens to. My cultural identity consists of clothing, family/religion, and sports. There are many more but these are the main ones that I deal with everyday and every year. Here are some more in depth reasons for my list of my cultural identity.
The first on my list is clothing. Some people honestly don’t care about
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I was a big sports fanatic and I still am. I grew up watching sports and playing them throughout my life. Sports mean a lot to me and they help me to stay active. My dad really wanted me to follow in his footsteps to be a pianist, but I wasn’t feeling it. So I played soccer as my first sport and played it for two and a half year, it wasn’t what I wanted to do. I liked it but I wanted something exciting and fun to play. One day me and my mom drove past firestone football field and saw this banner that said keep your kids active come play JFL (Junior Football League). My mom signed me up and had my first practice in late July. Everybody in my family played a sport when they could whether if it was in elementary, middle school, or high school. Football is my main sport then comes basketball. I want my sons and daughters to play sports when they are young so they know what they are doing in middle school and high school. It’s always best to teach your kids young but you also need supporting parents. My mom has always been there but I can’t say that about my dad. Sports is really physical development which are your skills, and emotional development which could be when people cheer you on and say u did great. That means a lot to me and probably other people too that’s why sports is apart of my

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