I take my shoes off when I enter a house and bow to my elders as a greeting, do you? These are things that may seem weird to you, but are normal to someone else. A person’s culture has a very strong impact on how they may see people, places, traditions, and more. One of the ways culture impacts someone’s life is through their appearance. For example, in Multiculturalism Explained in One Word: HAPA, a woman named Kristen Lee who is “a quarter Chinese and the rest is Swedish” (page 51). Her race made her see the world differently because she says, “I flaunt all of my cultural mix but so many people want me to pick a label. So if I have to choose, I’d choose “HAPA”, It means half Asian and half another race… It’s meant to be slightly derogatory
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Although this text doesn’t have to do with how cultural appearance influences how we see the world, it’s still significant for the following reasons. For starters, this story is about how two sisters from India come to America not really knowing what to expect. The most popular topic between these two sisters is government. One sister, Bharati, ends up loving America and adapting 100% to the American culture. While on the other hand, her sister Mira feels the exact opposite because she feels “betrayed”. Both scenarios are due to the fact that although they come from the same family and home, it doesn't change the fact that their political cultures affect how they feel about becoming apart of a new …show more content…
It is understandable that some people grow up without an ethnically-based culture, or are open-minded. But, there are cultures that go farther than that. There are nationality-based cultures, school cultures, age-group cultures, and more. As mentioned before, in Bharati Mukherjee’s personal essay “Two Ways to Belong in America,” she shows that her newly-adopted culture of being American had largely impacted the way she viewed American pop culture, marriage outside of her race, even the way she dressed.
In conclusion, Multiculturalism Explained in One Word: HAPA, Two Ways to Belong in America, and An Indian Father’s Plea, show that a person’s culture can change the way they dress, learn, feel, and believe. It even affects the way the world may be to the individual; crude remarks, stereotypes, rude stares, and
Although this text doesn’t have to do with how cultural appearance influences how we see the world, it’s still significant for the following reasons. For starters, this story is about how two sisters from India come to America not really knowing what to expect. The most popular topic between these two sisters is government. One sister, Bharati, ends up loving America and adapting 100% to the American culture. While on the other hand, her sister Mira feels the exact opposite because she feels “betrayed”. Both scenarios are due to the fact that although they come from the same family and home, it doesn't change the fact that their political cultures affect how they feel about becoming apart of a new …show more content…
It is understandable that some people grow up without an ethnically-based culture, or are open-minded. But, there are cultures that go farther than that. There are nationality-based cultures, school cultures, age-group cultures, and more. As mentioned before, in Bharati Mukherjee’s personal essay “Two Ways to Belong in America,” she shows that her newly-adopted culture of being American had largely impacted the way she viewed American pop culture, marriage outside of her race, even the way she dressed.
In conclusion, Multiculturalism Explained in One Word: HAPA, Two Ways to Belong in America, and An Indian Father’s Plea, show that a person’s culture can change the way they dress, learn, feel, and believe. It even affects the way the world may be to the individual; crude remarks, stereotypes, rude stares, and