Personal Reflective Essay: Diversity In My Life

I was born and raised in a very small community with not much diversity. My family originates from Haiti. My source of outlet to explore or learn other cultures would be social media and school. Although I have experienced diversity through social media and school I still do not believe everything I hear or see. As I watch other cultures or learn different beliefs I begin to ask myself rather what I was taught during my upbringing had any fact to it. I hardly know where to begin to relate the dissimilarities in my upbringing. However, I do desire to remain culturally enhanced as I continue my journey in life. My identity has been enlightened and educated by my experiences of different cultural settings. Growing up I’ve always made the assumption that I had a sense …show more content…
I figured because I had my own culture other people’s culture were similar. I did not realize culture was just a simple way of life. When we think of culture many things come to us like religion, language, gender, and class but culture does not only refer to those particular things. Due to my new understanding of the culture, I can look back on remarkable experiences and different life impacts as shaping my identity with social groups. With my newfound understanding of culture, I’ve realized my values and beliefs have expanded. As I reflect on my background in the school system it becomes clear to me why I had an advanced knowledge of true culture for certain types of social groups. My parents placed me in schools with race diversity; throughout my life, I was able to have the multicultural education. From Pre-K to eighth grade I attended St. Michaels the Archangel then from freshman year to sophomore year I went to St. Francis de sales