Culture is not defined by any one thing. It’s not a set definition and at face value it’s how the individual defines it. Culture is an intrinsic and complex umbrella term to describe habits, traits,language, food,nationality,race, and ethnicity. Culture is what holds us together and divides us from each other. One’s cultural identity subconsciously shapes their beliefs on how they perceive others and the world but the circumstance of the situation and pressure to conform with the opinion of the masses can override individual beliefs, falsifying the perception they actually have.
One’s cultural identity affects how they view the world because one’s identity is an invisible web of beliefs and unseen habits that influence how we think of certain …show more content…
The ignorance of many usurps the power from the knowledge of a few creating a pressure to agree or say nothing opposing it and many people out of fear and misinformation do so. In America one of the most tragic events in our history 9/11 has created a shameful slander of muslims and middle eastern people as a whole instead of the small fraction that carried out those terrible attacks and perpetuated the beliefs. Many people truly don’t understand the difference between the terrorists that carried out the attack and the religion of Islam and those who follow it. They have only been told repeatedly how bad these attacks are and the radical religious ideas behind it without being informed that those who carried out the attacks went against the very word of the supposed religion they “followed”. When I was younger I wanted to erase the half of my culture the other kids didn’t understand. I was asked what I was consistently throughout school because I wasn’t the stereotypical image of “black” they had in mind. I had soon learned that when they asked “what are you” they almost took a comfort in knowing I was Black and Indian. That there was some explanation for why I didn’t fit their stereotype. As I got older I began to erase my culture, dilute it, almost acknowledge it with the same hostilities that I felt my peers had toward
One’s cultural identity affects how they view the world because one’s identity is an invisible web of beliefs and unseen habits that influence how we think of certain …show more content…
The ignorance of many usurps the power from the knowledge of a few creating a pressure to agree or say nothing opposing it and many people out of fear and misinformation do so. In America one of the most tragic events in our history 9/11 has created a shameful slander of muslims and middle eastern people as a whole instead of the small fraction that carried out those terrible attacks and perpetuated the beliefs. Many people truly don’t understand the difference between the terrorists that carried out the attack and the religion of Islam and those who follow it. They have only been told repeatedly how bad these attacks are and the radical religious ideas behind it without being informed that those who carried out the attacks went against the very word of the supposed religion they “followed”. When I was younger I wanted to erase the half of my culture the other kids didn’t understand. I was asked what I was consistently throughout school because I wasn’t the stereotypical image of “black” they had in mind. I had soon learned that when they asked “what are you” they almost took a comfort in knowing I was Black and Indian. That there was some explanation for why I didn’t fit their stereotype. As I got older I began to erase my culture, dilute it, almost acknowledge it with the same hostilities that I felt my peers had toward