My Identity Essay

My Dominican identity has transplanted across borders from the impoverish dirt roads of Sabana Perdida, Dominican Republic to the vibrant streets of Washington Heights, and the multi-ethnic cultural neighborhood of Bushwick Brooklyn. I learned very early on in life that I was Dominicana. The vivid memories of my mom chasing after me with a chancleta (rubber slippers) or a palo (broom stick), the daily routine of eating Los Tres Golpes (mangu, salami and fried cheese) for breakfast, lunch and…

It was a miserable, hot September afternoon, but I had no care in the world. I was ecstatic to be spending the day with my dad at the fair, just as any 8 year old would be. Rocking the bowl cut, basketball shorts, and stained t-shirt you could say I was a bit of a tom-boy, but I never felt ashamed of the fact that I wasn’t your typical “girly-girl”. After riding the swings at least a thousand times and seeing who could eat the most funnel cake without puking, it was time to take a whirl at the…

Alex He Mrs.Sheller LA IV Honors September 29, 2016 Transforming My Identity In 7th grade, a classmate sitting with the cool kids told the table that all East Asians were either really hot or really ugly. It won a few agreements, chuckles, but I sat wondering. "What am I?" I demanded. His face scrunched up a little. At the time, my 12-year-old self looked and acted plain, forgettable even. He, however, had summed up people who share my basic facial features as either the supermodels he saw in…

struggling with my identity for quite some time. It is a question that has haunted me now more than ever, seeing how I decided to step away from the military and begin my new journey as a student. I believe our past shapes our future, but does not dictate who we are or what we will become. In addition, it is important to understand your family’s history to appreciate everything that is in your life today. Not only do I struggle with my identity, it is also hard for me to explain my family’s…

factors; Nationalism, Patriotism, Internationalism, Age, Gender, Education and Income. Demographics play a significant role in CET. Certain demographics such as age, income, gender and education, have been determined to relate to our ethnocentric identity. The age factor does not show a consistent influence on CET across countries. Consumer ethnocentrism increases with the age factor. The higher the age factor, the higher the shown level of ethnocentrism. It is generally recognized that younger…

My Cultural Identity My culture tends to be diverse more than meets the eye, you’ll see I am very Americanized but yet still contain my Laotian Heritage. Throughout the the year I tend to change. I still am becoming, well more like deciding what makes me, me. All these different materials and everyday things we do in life is a part of who I am and what i choose to be. Taking under consideration that I am still at the age of 15, and having the ability to unconditionally not being able to make…

If someone came up to me and asked me about my Cultural Identity, my mind would probably just goes blank. I would think “Well, who the heck knows?” There are different kinds of people in this world when it comes to being asked this question. There are kids who don’t know, they are somewhat completely clueless, there are kids who know it right off the bat after giving a minute of thinking about it. And then there are the kids who don’t even know what they were asked because they didn’t listen.…

defined by my beliefs, morals, and values. Thus far, in my life I’ve been through a lot of hurt, pain, and deceit but overall I conquered. Today I stand a young woman of integrity and honor due to my culture. However, I will not say that my culture has had a tremendous impact in my life but overall it has shaped, and molded me into a woman of excellence. Within this essay I’m going to take you to a place you’ve never seen before. I’m going to take you to a journey towards my cultural identity.…

intrinsically valuable or desirable. As a twenty-two-year-old starting a new chapter in the book of life, my experiences have been rich in diversity and helped form my value system. This system affects my actions as well as my thoughts while cultivating my identity. Five values that stand out in my system of values are fidelity, altruism, helping, perseverance, and resourcefulness. At the core of my identity, I place the most weight on fidelity because it shows commitment, allows the…

Compare and Contrast Essay “Cultural identity is a dynamic and a complex feeling and sense of belonging to one or more ethnic groups. It defines the way an individual identifies or positions himself in different cultural context” (Unknown). In James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans and Conrad Richter’s The Light in the Forest; both stories convey many similarities and differences to compare and contrast between the Native American and White cultures. Culture is usually determined as…