How Does Music Influenced My Life

I believe “race” is not a fluid idea and it can only be pinpointed to something physical in appearance. Though there are many different kinds of races, it is only one idea; that someone looks and appears like another in some way. Just like race, culture can also be pinpointed. One person exists in a culture, just as one exists to be a certain race. Culture defines one 's norms, values, and beliefs and I think one person only exists within a culture and not several others.
When we talk about the African American culture, it has shaped the lives of everyone around the world in so many ways. There is the music we listen to, that believe it or not has migrated from other countries and brought back to America to be heard and shared with the world. …show more content…
A lot of things like the food, and the music have been 2 of the biggest impacts on my life mainly because those are what I have been most passionate about my whole life. Music has been a really big part in my life and from what I learned African American music has influenced the music we all listen to today. Jazz, hip-hop, and gospel are only just a few of the main music genres that have been in the world for a while now. As for me, on a daily basis I listen to Indie, Jazz, and somewhat often, Blues. For me I know there is always on certain beat in music that repeats and I also know back in other countries, some people do not have the kind of instruments we do and that is mainly where our music style comes from; from those who only play with what they have and that comes from the African American culture significantly. Music with me is the only thing I have ever had love for ever since I heard my first song when I was little. I believe certain music can be meaningful and good for the soul, but there is also music influenced by the African American culture that does not mean anything at all and I would not even call …show more content…
These foods were referred to as “Soul Food”. Soul Food was brought about to be comfort food for those who were in of feeling better or just wanted something home cooked to eat. With my life I have been sick for a few years now and having comfort food around really helps me when I am in need. Soul Food has also become one of my mom 's main cooking styles for my family and I. I think food is a really big part of my life coming from a big Italian family, We always have family dinners and a lot of the food I consider to be Soul Food because it just makes me feel a lot