Our daily experiences that we all face in life help to shape our perspective of people, things, places, and ect, in one way or another. My perspective has evolved continuously throughout my life. It has helped to mold me into the person that I am now. I am a determined, intelligent, and understanding young woman today because of things that I have experienced in my life.
My cultural background of my family being French, Native American, Hispanic, Irish, Black, Spanish, and White has curved me to become culturally diverse. My multiracial background had allowed me to see and understand the different views from each ethnic group first hand. It also enabled me to see that everyone no matter their color, race, ethnicity, or nationality that we are all the same. We are all humans who in one way or another deal with the same everyday matters. My culture has shaped my view in life, which is a good thing because not everyone is diverse in this way to allow them to not see race or color in others.
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Louisiana is on of America’s most divers places it is known for its French and Spanish influence on its native Louisianans. Anywhere in the state you can see the blending and acceptance of the French, Spanish, Creole, and Cajun culture have helped form the state. Also our unique language of Creole and Cajun French is and will always be apart of my life. I being able to speak a little of both French and Spanish has allowed me to communicate with family and strangers on an enhanced level. There are also things that are not so good that I’ve experienced or that I know about from being from a Southern state. Experiencing and seeing racist and discriminating things take place throughout my life has even more so prompted me to work hard at the things that I do to help better my life in the
This being said, my family belongs to the group known as Cajuns, the name given to Acadian descendants in Louisiana. Both Acadians and Cajuns have a long history of discrimination. While still in L’Acadie, Acadians were discriminated by the British settlers and colonialist after the area was taken over by Britain. Part of the issue of discrimination came from the fact that the Acadians were Catholic and refused to abandon their religion or swear allegiance to Britain. There was also the issue that the lands of L’Acadie were very fertile and prosperous. These issues combined made British officials want to remove the Acadians and place British settlers in their place, leading to the famous expulsions of the
The answer can be found in the academic and extracurricular activities I have participated in. Since joining high school I have participated in a number of activities including band, STEMS Club, Culinary Club, National Honors Society, and Future Business Leaders of America to name a few. Having taken part in such a variety of organizations has allowed me to embrace the diversity of the population. Since no two of the above organizations are the same, they have helped me communicate with a number of diverse students at my high school. Learning how the different social groups felt and acted forced me to adjust to each of them and really understand the truth that everyone is
When people hear the word 'diversity', they often think in terms of black and white. I believe the true meaning of diversity is not simply about skin color, economic background or the face value of any other characteristic, rather it is the increased knowledge and sensitivity gained from unique experiences. The strength of diversity then comes from having many points of view and trying to reconcile them by finding common truths or resolving differences amongst people. Being a person of mixed heritage, my father is black and my mother is white, has definitely affected my life and contributed to the development of qualities that enhance my ability to embrace the uniqueness of those around me. Being raised in a single parent household and the values passed on to me by my mother have also been strong influences in my life. My greatest contribution to my community is the ability to create relationships between people of diverse backgrounds and a desire to understand others' beliefs.
Diversity is one thing, I have come to accept and appreciate greatly in my life. I am 22 years old and was born in Ghana, West Africa. To me, I see myself as an African woman. Reasoning being that both my parents are Africans but from different tribes. I was brought up through the general Ghanaian way, but having my parents from different ethnic groups taught me how to adapt to different cultures and I believe that was where my experience with diversity began. The African continent do have some similarities in the cultures, but being brought up with the Ghanaian culture and norms has really helped me and shaped me to be the respectful and humbled woman I am today. Being a Christian born into the Presbyterian denomination, I do my very best
However, there was diversity within my community. I had friends that were Caucasian, Asian, Hispanic, and African American. I saw cultures at a young age that varied from my own. I have had experience working at an Urgent Care center where being Caucasian was the minority in the staff. These experiences have helped me learn about cultures that differ from my own and has helped me grow in knowledge of the customs, traditions, and rituals of these other cultures. I try to be respectful to other cultures and to provide every patient with care that is not offensive to them. This is a continual learning process that I look forward
The word family has changed so much in the past century. A family back in the 1950’s was probably considered a husband, wife, and one or more children. Times have changed and families have become much different. The Interpersonal Communication: Relating to Others book defines family as a, “Unit made up of any number of persons who live in relationship with one another over time in a common living space who are usually, but not always, united by marriage and kinship” (Beebe, Beebe & Redmond, 243). Families can be broken up into five different types. The first is the traditional family, which includes a mother, father, and their biological children. Next, is the blended family which includes two adults and children, but because of divorce they may have children of other parents. Unfortunately, single-parent families are being seen more often. Extended families include parents, children, aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins and any other close relatives. The extended families are commonly found in Asian and Hispanic cultures. The last category is the dual income parents without any kids. They are known as “dinks”.
I would like to consider my cultural heritage as diverse, but this is far from reality. Over the years as I matured through my teenage years, I was exposed to different cultures by life experiences and travel. I struggled to create both a personal and cultural identity while trying to adjust to my sight loss and with the support of my family I traveled overseas to experience other cultures for the first time. My family opened up their home to a foreign exchange program in turn allowing me the opportunity to travel over to Europe at the age of 16 years old. This opportunity started the slow progression of experiences that would open my mind to others who are unlike myself, especially traveling to a strange place and feeling different in a mainstream culture. It was not until the past 5 or 6 years until I fully accepted my disability that changed my view on being different, whether it’s race, class, gender or disability. Before this time period, my own fear of being different was so intense that I thought my weakness (disability) made me inferior of not only other cultures, but also my own family members.
My culture identity, as I know it as is African American. My culture can be seen in food, literature, religion, language, the community, family structure, the individual, music, dance, art, and could be summed up as the symbolic level. Symbolic, because faith plays a major role in our daily lives through song, prayer, praise and worship. When I’m happy I rely on my faith, same as when I’m sad, for I know things will get better as they have before.
Cultural diversity is in our workplace and schools; we may encounter stereotypes while communicating with others, even though we have different opinions toward other cultural values and beliefs. We can learn from another “culture”, but we have to respect their differences. I think in today society, people are stereotyped others based on their race and social class because we automatically judge another person without knowing them and assume they are a certain way. Everyone is different we identify ourselves with our own social beliefs, religious beliefs and racial traits and should not be judged because we are all different
Court Observation Essay For an opening assignment into Business Law, we as the students were assigned to observe and report a court case following a Trial, Criminal, Civil, or Appellate proceeding under our own discretion. With these restrictions set, I decided to attend a case at the Temecula Superior Court and happened to find myself in the case of a man named Herrera Salguero, Jorge A, located in their courtroom numbered 301. I was able to attend the first trial on October 20th, 2014. I was unable to attend the following trials but did glean all the information needed in my single viewing. As I will continue, you will discover how I went through the laborious process to find this case, how the trial unfolded, and what I as a viewer was able
Personal cultural heritage is a significant part of who we are. In this paper, I will discuss the cultural heritage of my own family, including topics such as, artifacts, familial ties, patterns, and the influences of our heritage on our family today.
My heritage culture is what has shaped me into who I am today. I am a Caucasian female who is twenty-three years old. I am a granddaughter, daughter, sister, and friend. I am a Christian, and more specifically a Baptist. I attend Musella Baptist Church in Musella, Georgia. My ethnicity is a blend of Cherokee and English. Along with my family and who I am particular experiences have opened my eyes to the other cultures’ practices. Additionally, witnessing the diverse cultures has allowed me to become a more accepting of others’ differences. Through my own family’s culture, beliefs, and experiences I have become more aware of the diversity that surrounds me.
Cultural diversity is in our workplace and schools; we may encounter stereotypes while communicating with others, even though we have different opinions toward their cultures values and beliefs. We can learn from another culture, but we have to respect their differences. I think in today society, people are stereotyped others based on their race and social class because we automatically judge another person without knowing them and assume they are a certain way. Everyone is different we identify ourselves with our own social beliefs, religious beliefs and racial traits and should not be judged because we are all different
When people first start working with someone they notice the person’s surface culture, but overtime people become aware of the deeper cultural differences, which is mostly out of conscious awareness, such as expectations, attitudes, values, assumptions, and beliefs. I made a visual representation of my culture, which allowed me to learn more about my family and I. I chose to represent my culture by making a booklet, because in my family, we think that reading is an important part of our daily lives. Also the front of the booklet would be used to represent my surface culture, while the inside is the representation of my deep culture. To create this booklet, the first thing I did was ask my mom for her views on the elements of deep
The world as a whole is becoming more diverse. There is diversity in schools and in the workplace. People should understand that diversity is what makes the world go around. If all people had the same characteristics then the world would be a very boring place. Even though all human beings are the same in some ways, we are still culturally different. Cultural diversity lets us appreciate our differences. Different cultural groups have varying beliefs, customs, values, and a wide variety of characteristics that make them special. Cultural influences make people see the world differently and cultural diversity should be appreciated.