An Essay About My Cultural Identity

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Culture is all the things that make up certain ways of life or living. That includes all the beliefs and values, language, customs, fashion, food, and music that belong to a group of people. Specifically, a person's cultural identity can come from the way they take certain aspects of each of the cultures as well as aspects of themselves and personal life and use them to shape and define who they are. In my case, my cultural identity can all be surrounded by three main topics, my race, religion, and my family. My cultural identity roots from internal and external conflicts with family, and peers which can all be symbolized by the idea of language as a whole. For the most part, I would begin by describing my race, as that plays a huge role in who I am. My parents are immigrants from Afghanistan, which means their viewpoints and experiences have changed and shape them differently. Race comes with a variety of different aspects like food, language, and music. All of these are huge aspects of my life. There variety of different foods that I’ve grown a taste for and learning from my mother. How she teaches me her own recipes, and as I practice I’ve also learned that it's okay to make mistakes and learned to have patience and just to have fun with food, I've learned, has always tasted better with the company of friends and family. The scrumptious smells from the kitchen on a weekend night …show more content…

Personally, my cultural identity can be branched into three main topics, my race, religion, and my family. My cultural identity roots from internal and external conflicts with family, and peers which can all be symbolized by the idea of language as a whole. Overall everyone has their own unique and different aspects that their cultural identity roots from and to learn about them is like opening a new chapter in a

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