Growing Up In A Culturally Diverse Family

Compared to Single race individuals, multiracial people have a wider variety of ways to define their ethnic identity. For example, a multiracial person who has two or more races could choose to identify exclusively as one race, or identify with both groups. Another option would be to go beyond the standard individual race options and identify as “multiracial” a category that defines ethnic characteristics in terms of the shared experiences of people who are multiracial, as distinct from individual race groups. Yet, there is a plethora of research examining what factors influence the extent to which multiracial people come to identify with the multiracial category. (Giamo, Schmitt, & Outten, 2012)

From the outside, I’m a 4.0 student who takes honors classes, but ever since I started my education, I felt I wasn’t good enough. Always in my brother’s shadow, when relatives come over I would get called “the one that worked hard,” compared to my genius brother who as smart without even trying. Being jealous of my brother’s smarts, I was ashamed when people asked if I was his sister. However, when Zits learned about his father’s inner conflicts that restricted him from raising Zits. It made me understand that just like me, my brother has insecurities as well.

Growing up in a Hispanic household has taught me many things. I have learned to see things as an optimistic person, and that it doesn’t matter where you come from as long as you work hard for what you want anything is possible. My family has always implemented the values of life that lead me to perceive what it was about to throw at me.

This paper discusses the dynamic issues involving the diversity of multicultural families in regards to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic, gender and sexual orientation. This paper will also highlight same or different minority or cultural backgrounds, identity and biases involving multicultural families. How multicultural families incorporate their beliefs, cultures and values into a family unit as well as the transformation of acculturation. Challenges involving racial identity, ethnicity; where do people with different cultures fit in and make it work; the population of multicultural families has risen and continue to do so. Socioeconomic status in multicultural families

Chester describes the neo-conventional family as a dual-earner family, in which both souses go to work. It is similar to Young and Willmott's idea of the symmetrical family.

The concept of globalization, which is the increasing integration and interdependence of different countries from one another in terms of economic, communication, and technological aspects, leads one to address the concept of cultural diversity or multiculturalism. Cultural diversity in the health-care system touches lives of many Americans in one way or another. No matter what our own cultural background is, when we go receive medical care, we may encounter a care giver who comes from a different cultural background than ours(Naylor 1997,291).. In the concept of cultural diversity, it can be recognized that two terms are equally important. The first concept is culture, which refers to the total way of life of individuals, and the unique

My daughter has diverse cultural experiences encompassed from Asia to Southern and Northern America. I aim to foster my daughter to have a core vision of a global leader who can develop inquisitive, knowledgeable, self-aware, and ethical minds for the next generation. I strongly believe that the experience from Dwight community will train her talent and broaden her perspective. It will be a great opportunity and valuable experience for her to develop a wider vision and innovative perception for her future.

Whether it was my persistent requests for my mother dreadlock my hair at the age of 8, or the immediate connection I had to the dancehall mixes played in the backgrounds of family gatherings, I was very proud of the person that my native land was bound to shape me into. But this held opposite to those of the “outside world”. Soon, I became one of the very few minorities in my classroom, with those of fairer skin and origins rooted in European countries becoming the majority. At the sight of them, the thought “am I truly as beautiful as my mother told me I am” popped into my mind, with the image that I had to carry being seen as substantially different compared to those who now surrounded me. My youth soon persisted of me being completely aware of how “different” I truly was, however, this awareness only consisted of a [blank] percentage of negative feelings. But then, age 11 hit. The year I was pushed to experience a much larger scope of the world than elementary school had allowed me: a 6th grade academy. Sure, the neighborhood and the friends that I had known prior were still present, the new setting and set of people that this school added into my life proved to have its lasting

Getting the opportunity to create a genogram for my family allowed me to view the cultural influence, history, and articulate reflection of my experience within my family. Although I have been raised in a small family, there are many behavioral trend that have transcended throughout the three generations that I had looked into while doing this assignment. These behavioral characteristics impact they way in which my family interacts, communicate, and support. It also affects my own interaction with others.

My family and I have always lived in a minority community. Our family consist of six

I chose Urie Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model of child development to reflect on my stages of development. In the microsystem of Bronfenbrenner’s model, my early childhood family structure included my uncle, his wife and their five children. I went to live with my uncle after my mother passed away. By middle childhood, my uncle and his wife migrated to the United Sates and I went to live with one of his daughters( Erica) and her two children. They became my construct of what a family represent. Although I was welcomed in Erica’s family, I felt as if I did not belong in their family. The only place I felt accepted was at school. The classroom represented a place where I expressed my feelings without being ignored or judged by my peers. Also, I had very observant and understanding teachers who had the best of my interest. I had one teacher , Mr. Francis, who believed that I was capable of improving academically. At the end of his class, he noted in my report card that I had potential to be academically competent, however, I needed to settle down and apply myself to learning. His comments motivated me to do my best throughout elementary school. During elementary school, I maintained healthy relationships with my peers. There were never any reports of misconduct of any misunderstanding amongst my peers. In fact, interactions with them thought me how to engage in fair play, wait my turn, build trust and explore my environment. In exploring my environment, I

Being part of a multicultural household can feel like putting your hand up in class and never getting picked.

On a scale of one to ten, I consider myself to be a 7. I consider myself to be a 7 because I still need to learn more about what it means to be 100% multi-culturally competent. I am aware that I need look at my beliefs and values and how I associated them to other cultural groups. I also know the importance of being family with cultural backgrounds of different cultural groups. I am also aware that I need understand any kind prejudice and discrimination that has gone through in the past or is presently experiencing. I did not choose a higher number because there are some areas in myself that I need to work on. I think I need more time to learn about myself and how I view other cultures. I did not choose a lower number because I am not only taking Counseling Skills and Practices but I am also taking Counseling and Pluralistic Society. Other classes, I have taken while at Long Island University have touched on counseling a diversity population. Besides taking these classes, moved to New York has exposed to different cultures and their way of living. I have come to understand that people are different and have their own views of the world. Just because someone is different from me that does not mean I have to think less of them.

As I got older, I found myself wanting more socialization than I was getting, and was sick of trying so hard (without much success) to gain that element of socialization that I lacked. That was when I made the decision to take a shot at public school. It was ninth grade

Growing up in an immigrant family, I faced many unique challenges. One of my greatest obstacles was believing I was inadequate because of my cultural background. Overwhelming myself with this victim mentality was easy, as the struggles my family faced seemed far from fair. Throughout my childhood, I spent most of my time outside of school at my father’s upholstery shop in the local flea market. Undertaking small sewing jobs was my parents’ way of financially supporting their young family.