Culture is a learned system of thought and behavior that classifies a certain group who shares particular beliefs, values, and practices. Arguably, it is one of the largest forms of identification when representing specific individuals; one can understand the nature of another via having a well-rounded understanding of culture. Birthroots play an immense role in shaping character; nevertheless, it is not the entire basis that embodies the wholeness of an individual. Mindy Cherri—a high school art teacher born into an line of Italian, German or west European, and American Indian descendants—exemplifies as a remarkable example of such disposition, for though her personal background and origin has influenced her via a number of measures, she has
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Respectively, Mindy’s predominant Italian lineage considers family to be of utmost importance, but gender roles have been immensely traditional and, in a way, sexist. Being in a culture that is, “... governed by a clear recognition of status and hierarchy…,” (O’ Hair, 2014, p. 129) her father is recurrently viewed as the “breadwinner” or “patriarch” that dominates the entire family while his wife is encumbered with domestic responsibilities. However, Mindy has found that the magnitude of “relationships” play a far more vital element in one’s life than family, for it has been due to the faults of the bitter and divorced marriage of her parents and an skewed kinship that forged her perspective to deviate from her culture. Hence, she has felt distant from family members such as her ten cousins, whom she could not even recognize often nor know if they are still alive. Without the cordial linkage within relationships, the family will eventually become fragmented as a consequence. It is this progression that has seceded Mindy from the significance of family and has additionally manifested the gravity of her character as a direct and sovereign woman. Her value for unswerving honesty and individuality overwhelms the need to be polite merely to please others, which has …show more content…
Our family heritages are perhaps far from purely identical, but we have grown into a new culture that embraces the synthesis of not only ethnicity but individual well-being and self-determination as well. Mindy is not like her Italian and mixed-race lineage nor am I truly like my Vietnamese background, and communication has proven to be a great challenge to bear. Even so, we have learned to overcome those obstacles and remain as who we are. To better understand Mindy as someone more than my former high school teacher is an honor that has given me the opportunity to create a deeper sense of admiration and open-mindedness. Hence, I have discovered that behind the culture, there lies a deeper character than the name of one’s
Respectively, Mindy’s predominant Italian lineage considers family to be of utmost importance, but gender roles have been immensely traditional and, in a way, sexist. Being in a culture that is, “... governed by a clear recognition of status and hierarchy…,” (O’ Hair, 2014, p. 129) her father is recurrently viewed as the “breadwinner” or “patriarch” that dominates the entire family while his wife is encumbered with domestic responsibilities. However, Mindy has found that the magnitude of “relationships” play a far more vital element in one’s life than family, for it has been due to the faults of the bitter and divorced marriage of her parents and an skewed kinship that forged her perspective to deviate from her culture. Hence, she has felt distant from family members such as her ten cousins, whom she could not even recognize often nor know if they are still alive. Without the cordial linkage within relationships, the family will eventually become fragmented as a consequence. It is this progression that has seceded Mindy from the significance of family and has additionally manifested the gravity of her character as a direct and sovereign woman. Her value for unswerving honesty and individuality overwhelms the need to be polite merely to please others, which has …show more content…
Our family heritages are perhaps far from purely identical, but we have grown into a new culture that embraces the synthesis of not only ethnicity but individual well-being and self-determination as well. Mindy is not like her Italian and mixed-race lineage nor am I truly like my Vietnamese background, and communication has proven to be a great challenge to bear. Even so, we have learned to overcome those obstacles and remain as who we are. To better understand Mindy as someone more than my former high school teacher is an honor that has given me the opportunity to create a deeper sense of admiration and open-mindedness. Hence, I have discovered that behind the culture, there lies a deeper character than the name of one’s