Social Identity: My Worldview

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Social identities and factors and/or experiences that have shaped your worldview. My Ethnic and cultural traditions and values have molded my social identities, in which both my Ethnic and cultural traditions and values and social identities have formed my worldview. According to my social identity wheel: My race is Asian/Pacific Islander and Filipino American. My ethnicity is Filipino. My sexual orientation is heterosexual. My religion is Roman Catholic. My age is of a young adult. I am a female. My national origin is the United States of America. My sense of who I am is based on my ethnic group that I have identified myself to belong in. Social identities and factors and/or experiences that have shaped your worldview: Ethnic and cultural …show more content…

Every Sunday at six in the morning in my entire life I was always told to believe that the church is one, holy, catholic [universal], and apostolic. One of the traditional beliefs that was passed down to me from the church and my family, is that I must serve and love GOD from Jesus Christ to gain access to heaven. Catholics believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God who teaches us through the word of the Church, which is why am always accompanied by my family to attend church. the entire right side of the church is occupied by my extended family. My family and I follow Gods ten commandments, especially to “And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might” (Deuteronomy 6:5) and “You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD” (Leviticus 19:18). And then there’s the views of Homosexuality, the church “The Catholic Church opposes gay marriage and the social acceptance of homosexuality and same-sex relationships, but teaches that homosexual persons deserve respect, justice and pastoral care” (http://www.americancatholic.org/News/Homosexuality/default.asp). Because am catholic, my views on gays is that is wrong, which is why my sexual orientation is heterosexual. In high school, I had two friends that were gay. I remember thinking how wrong it was because "marriage …show more content…

And although it was a great way to communicate the First generation, second language, English, I struggled with language barriers. Children of immigrants can certainly relate. Growing up I have been always spoken to in Ilocano, but with the help of school, I slowly learned how to speech English and forget how to speak Ilocano. I speak English but I understand everything in Ilocano when someone in my family talks to me. I also know a few phrases, but I just can’t really speak it because I was never forced to. Experiences in cross cultural interactions and its impact on your personal worldview, relationships, and professional development. My experiences in cross-cultural interactions have made a huge impact on my personal worldview, relationships, and professional development. Here is also another situation where I was a part of the majority and experienced privilege and disadvantages that made a huge impact in shaping your worldview and cross-cultural

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