Cultural identity

Cultural Identities in Childhood Identities developed during childhood can impact adulthood. According to Santrock, identity is formed by decisions that are made over time (2014). The social messages that people receive can shape their identities, both positively and negatively. Experiences also greatly affect identities. Two identities from my childhood that shaped my adulthood are being a military child and being a female. Military Child Identity My dad is in the army, therefore my family and…

Dmitria’s Cultural Identity Sometimes, people get things wrong. It’s common for people to assume things about others, but it’s pretty amusing to have almost all aspects of my cultural identity to have numerous misconceptions. People often get offended when you assume something about them due to appearance or because of something they like, but really, don’t we all assume? I certainly understand why it seems offensive, though I don’t understand why people get angry when they could calmly…

There once was a young little boy named Luis Saldana. He had just moved from a state called California, to a small state right above it called Oregon. In Cultural Identity Essay by Luis Saldana we go into the eyes of a young boy who was always put in the stereo typical spotlight. Luis Saldana, 6 years old had just started kindergarten at a old school called Evergreen Elementary. His first couple years of school were great! Everyone was so nice. He had a lot of friends. After Evergreen shut…

Cultural Identity My culture can be described as chicken, it can be interpreted in many different ways. Chicken is able to be fried, baked, or grilled. My culture varies as well. I have a variety of education, values, and religion. These are only some of the ways I’m able to express myself or show myself through my culture. Some things in my culture may not be that alike with other cultures, but this way you feel individual and unique. My education, has to deal with what my culture wishes to…

as female and my gender identity has contributed to who I am as a cultural being. As a woman I am strong, and have had a strong woman as my role model. Although, I have had a traumatic experience I learned my gender was not to blame. As a woman I am capable of pursing goals and even though I see little representation of myself in the media it does not affect my perception of myself. I understand that women in different societies have different values about their identity. As a counselor it…

Cultural Identity Do you celebrate any holidays almost the same way each year? In my case, I celebrate Christmas Eve and Christmas day the same way once a year. It is a time that I get to see and spend time with many members of my family that I do not usually get to see any other time of the year. I really enjoy Christmas Eve and Christmas day for this reason. It is my favorite time of the year and to top it off, in my opinion, waking up to snow covering the ground on Christmas is the best…

their cultural identity. Why is it that people can understand culture but can’t understand the concept of cultural identity? Cultural identity is what makes you who you are whether it is the gender you were born, the economic status you were born into, your family, sports you play, or the state that you live in. My cultural identity is that i’m a female that was born into a wealthy economic status in the state of Louisiana. Notably, being a female at the age of fifteen is part of my cultural…

good hand, but how we play these cards of life may in turn be the better play even with the good hand we wanted. My cultural identity is best described by the word moral. My cultural identity has been molded in many ways. Three of those ways are through: my family’s catholic beliefs, my schooling, and reading spider-man comics. One of the things that heavily shaped my cultural identity is through my family’s catholic beliefs. My religion was chosen for me, and I embraced it. My parents’…

Cultural identity is being apart of a classification determined by ethnicity, religion, and social class, to just name a few. Through my upbringing, I have been mostly influenced by my family's nationality shaping who I am as a person today. Nationality has been revealed as an important aspect of my culture as I continue to grow, my Italian heritage, and my Irish heritage truly plays a role in my individuality. My Italian heritage plays an important role of my cultural identity. My grandma…

Cultural Identity is part of a person's self-conception and self-perception and is involved with ethnicity, religion, social class, generation, food, and forms who you are as a person. Food, traditions, and ethnicity are factors that shape my cultural identity. Christmas dinner and annual fishing trip with my dad are the two activities that form my cultural identity and who I am. In my family, one of our traditions are the Creta’s Christmas Dinner. The dinner symbolizes my family's ethnicity…