Why do none of the kid want to sit with me at lunch? This a question I asked my mom when I was in the second grade. For a long time, I did not understand what made people different; what made me different. I could see the obvious difference such as my skin was darker, my hair was curlier, and my eye were not blue, but as a child it was hard to process why or how. And most of all, what was so different about me that made no one want to sit with me. Every person has a cultural identity unique to them, and characterized by a feeling of belonging to a distinct group a person can call their own culture. In addition, it is the self-concept related to race, ethnicity, nationality, social class, religion, among others; in short, cultural identity is
