“She’s just a small town girl living in a lonely world,” these are the lyrics to the popular song, Small Town Girl, sung by the band Journey. While to many they may simply be just lyrics they are much more than that to me. Those eleven words have shaped my entire life.
Culture contributes immensely to the personality and identity of an individual. An individual’s culture is based off of many characteristics. However, the ones that have had the greatest impact on my life are my geographic region, family, religion, race, and social organizations.
I come from a small area outside of Harrington, Delaware called Vernon. Vernon is home to approximately 300 people, 20 of which are my family. I have grown up having my grandparents one minute away …show more content…
Due to the fact that I grew up on a farm my family hired workers of different races as our farm hands. From a young age I could over hear them saying that they were going to ask my dad for an advance because things were tight or I would hear them talk about all of the unspeakable things they did the night before. As a young child I always felt that I was superior to the other races because my family did not have the problems that they did. When we would have a farm picnic and the farmhands would bring their children, I would always play with they because that’s what I was taught to do. However, as soon as they left my mom would always make my brother and I shower and then she would clean our toys. Even in high school I had this air about myself that I was better because I was white, in fact, everyone I associated myself with did. Once I came to college I realized that no every Hispanic was in poor financial state and worked for a white family. Since moving to college last year this is one aspect of my cultural identity that has changed. I know realize that I am not above anyone and that everyone can relate to another person in some way, even if it sharing the same favorite candy or television
Culture contributes immensely to the personality and identity of an individual. An individual’s culture is based off of many characteristics. However, the ones that have had the greatest impact on my life are my geographic region, family, religion, race, and social organizations.
I come from a small area outside of Harrington, Delaware called Vernon. Vernon is home to approximately 300 people, 20 of which are my family. I have grown up having my grandparents one minute away …show more content…
Due to the fact that I grew up on a farm my family hired workers of different races as our farm hands. From a young age I could over hear them saying that they were going to ask my dad for an advance because things were tight or I would hear them talk about all of the unspeakable things they did the night before. As a young child I always felt that I was superior to the other races because my family did not have the problems that they did. When we would have a farm picnic and the farmhands would bring their children, I would always play with they because that’s what I was taught to do. However, as soon as they left my mom would always make my brother and I shower and then she would clean our toys. Even in high school I had this air about myself that I was better because I was white, in fact, everyone I associated myself with did. Once I came to college I realized that no every Hispanic was in poor financial state and worked for a white family. Since moving to college last year this is one aspect of my cultural identity that has changed. I know realize that I am not above anyone and that everyone can relate to another person in some way, even if it sharing the same favorite candy or television