Personal Narrative: Cultural Identity

I never knew what “cultural identity” was, I never even thought about it. I also didn’t know how it is even applied to my life and if I even had one. I always thought that my culture revolved around my ancestor’s and what they did in their lives. I also believed it was all about how you were raised. In the interview/essay it says “ What are you? People say this to me as a pickup line in a bar or question to prove their own assumptions about my race”. Just like the girl in this essay I believe that it’s hard being in a different country and getting accepted. I believe that people from different countries find it a little hard to live in America nowadays. This is why I feel like being educated, and listening to music (cautious and in depth), and knowing about your race is a key point of knowing my cultural identity. …show more content…
I believe that knowing the background of my culture affects the way I was raised and brought up. Growing up in a “black” home there was a lot of discipline and teaching. If you you were doing something you weren’t suppose to then your mother or father would likely get on you and tell you what not to do and how to do it the right way. This was important to my culture because discipline will really help you become a better person and then you will end up teaching your kids the same way. Also growing up “black” many of the families didn’t have a father or someone like that in their life. I for one didn’t have my father growing up so I think that having his cultural properties around didn’t give me everything I needed growing