Cultural Influence on Personal Choices: A Study

Everyone does not Always Play by the Rules
Does the way you were brought up in your home effect the way you make choices? Or are you using your own personal judgement. In the well-crafted texts such as Ethnic Hash, Everyday Use, and Legal Alien it is shown that one’s culture can persuade a person’s view but every now and then they make their choices independently.
In Patricia J. Williams personal essay “Ethnic Hash” she lets her up bringing steer her through life. “Tragic Mulatta Soufflé” (Williams 13). Patricia the author says this because she is stressed about what she should make for the next dinner party. She also gives the knowledge that she is mixed race. Also she goes back and explains the struggle she had as a diverse kid growing up in a majority white area. She was always around very two distinct cultures growing and really didn’t feel like she had a place. “And so I leave you with a recipe for the twenty first century’’ (Williams 14). After her struggle of trying to find a recipe to make that represents her heritage, she finally came to the decision of making chicken with Spanish rice and not-just-black beans, you boil all of the ingredients. All throughout the writing she shares personal moments

The submissive sister Maggie does not think much about culture and her roots. She’s really does not get into following that type of lifestyle. “She’d probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use” (Walker 82). Maggie’s sister Dee is very upset that Maggie is using the quilts regularly and not realizing their true meaning. “But they’re priceless” (Walker 82). Dee or other known as Wangero thinks that they should not just brush the objects to the side. She wants to take pride in them also to celebrate her roots and culture. Even though the sisters grew up in the same environments, they have unalike perspectives on the world and how to make