Personal Cultural Background A person’s identity is unique and has a foundation of various sources. These sources may be different for every person‚ ranging from a person’s upbringing to a person’s religion. This paper will define cultural background and examine the multiple sources that make up my own personal cultural background that helped mold my individual identity. Furthermore‚ the paper will speculate on the extent to which my current identity has been molded by assimilation‚ acculturation
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I have two cultural background which are Cherokee Indian and African American . Cherokee is really pronounced as “CHAIR-uh-kee” in our language. Cherokee comes from a Muskogee word meaning ‘speakers of another language’. Cherokee Indians originally called themselves Aniyunwiya “the principal people‚” but today they accept the named Cherokee. But in their language it is pronounced Tsadagi . The Cherokees are original residents of the American southeast region‚ particularly Georgia‚ North and South
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Rationale: This book was written by Jacqueline‚ an African American author. I choose this book because I think it is a great representation of cultural diversity. It is about a rope that became an important item for an African American family. The family used the rope for three generation. The rope moved with the family from South Carolina to New York in the period of The Great Migration. The family used the rope in different ways such as: to jump‚ to tie things‚ to dry sweet flowers...etc. It is
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that they can find many similarities. Some similarities that I have noticed are their dedication to their families‚ religion and their own native cultures as well fitting into fitting into the culture in which they live. Differences between cultures seem to almost outweigh the similarities. Some differences other than the obvious language barriers that I have noticed are personal and family values‚ what is considered polite‚ how hygiene is regarded to the food that they eat. I believe that my culture
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middle-class family. The young African-American couple (both in their early thirties) have one child‚ a son‚ name Chad who is quite a character. Both Shelly and Mike grew up in the East Coast most of their lives. Shelly’s mother who is part Indian and African-American‚ was born and raised in Ringwood‚ New Jersey. Her father is originally from New York and comes from a mixed heritage of both Italian‚ Dutch and Spanish. Mike who is also from New York‚ comes from a very diverse background as well. His
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A Nursing Method to African American Heritage Abstract This paper explores the African American heritage and also identifies the significance of nurses being culturally aware‚ sensitive and competent when caring for people of African American heritage. Although these terms mentioned above are used interchangeably‚ they have different meanings. Cultural awareness is appreciating the external or material part of the culture‚ such as the music‚ arts‚ and physical characteristics
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was excited to write this paper. The past couple of months‚ I have been dealing with what my identity is or what defines me. I have been interested in what I let define me‚ or what things in my life make me‚ me. This cultural background paper is about the values‚ experiences‚ worldviews‚ and different identities that have shaped me throughout the years. It makes you think hard about the things you let into your life‚ or even the values you developed through your family or on your own. Unfortunately
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effects of slavery on the African American family were tremendous. From slave mother’s and father’s having their children taken away and sold‚ to brother’s and sister’s being split apart‚ to having the actual slave-owner being the one to father children with slaves‚ to even say that African American families even existed might sound ridiculous. But they did exist; it just depends on what you might define as a "family". Slavery did not weaken or dissolve the African American family. Instead‚ it brought
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Fisher Cultural Background My cultural background can be described as very unpleasant‚ I had it hard from all races. My own culture put me down because I was light skin and red hair‚ other culture groups put me down because I was black. From the time I started school until my first year of High School‚ I was known to some races as being to good and yet to another race not being good enough. I learned later on in school that appearance do not reveal much about each other’s backgrounds and experiences
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African American culture in the United States refers to the cultural contributions of Americans of African descent to the culture of the United States‚ either as part of or distinct from American culture. The distinct identity of African American culture is rooted in the historical experience of the African American people. The culture is both distinct and enormously influential to American culture as a whole. African-American culture is rooted in Africa. It is a blend of chiefly sub-Saharan African
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