Cultural Identity: Clothing, Music, And Food

The meaning of cultural identity to you, might be different from the meaning to others. In my opinion, cultural identity is the aspects, characteristics, and elements that make up a person. Some people may share a similar cultural identity while many others vary greatly. Three of many aspects that make up my cultural identity are clothing, music, and food.

One element of my culture is the clothing I wear. The types of clothes and brands i wear reflect on a part of my culture. The items i choose may be very different from those of other cultures. From a small child, I wore a lot of Nike shoes so now in that becoming a part of my culture, I only wear Jordan and/or nike’s. I also only shop at certain stores and the brand of clothing I wear matters. The types of jewelry I wear are another part of my cultural identity. The symbols and sayings on some of my jewelry reflect on my culture such as; crosses, in that my culture is Christian, sayings like “Flawless”, that represent a lyric in the music i listen to, and logos, my bulls jewelry represents the team I’m a fan of and important sports in my culture.

Music plays a large part in cultural identity, the varieties of music people listen to reflect on their culture in many ways. Music preferences change from culture to culture. In my culture, I prefer Hip Hop, R&B, Pop, and/or Rap music over other categories of music. Although those are my preferences, I sometimes go out of that range and listen to other things. The messages and stories that artists mention in their music can also be a reflection of what goes in one’s culture. Being able to relate to messages that are being sent helps with the music a person chooses. The messages and the meanings of the lyrics in the music I listed are things that relate to my culture in one way or