Hmong Culture Analysis

“She had never said it was love. Neither had he. They were shy. They had been unsure. Now, there would be no time for love. It was in the moment of parting that she knew she loved him” (21).

     The traditional Hmong live a horticultural society they depend on domesticated plants, they are well-adapted on soils of the tropical rain forests and poor soil places which are unsuitable for intense agriculture. Prehistoric Hmong are thought to have moved from Eurasia and made a few stops at Siberia. As their custom they settled in the highlands (mountains) from Vietnam and Laos and later in Thailand. They inherited the name “Miao”, from living in the mountains. Today Five million Hmong reside in China, more than any other country. The Hmong people have straight black hair and have a short, sturdy stature.

At birth, the Hmong view their newborns as a gift and extremely special. At birth, it is called “Mus Thawj thiab, “go become again” or more simple, “reincarnation,” is a traditional Hmong belief (Bankston 2000). When a child is born, they are automatically seen as a gift and reborn as a reincarnated soul. Though, if a child dies after three days of living there are “no funeral ceremonies…since the child did not have a soul yet” (Bankston 2000). The Hmong believe if the child lives past three days, their soul is present though if they die, the infant never had a soul to begin with. If the child lives past day three, then a shaman is brought in and he “evokes a soul to be be reincarnated in the baby’s body” (Bankston 2000). This is considered

This store was chosen because it used to be run by whites, with white associates, who got fired and replaced by Mexican associates with a Korean management. The skinheads agreed they should attack the Koreans for hiring “border jumpers” and so they did.

Everyone has different culture and their own belief. In Kansas City Hmong has their own culture and they have express their culture in the mural on the 751 Minnesota Ave. That whole Murals tells Hmong story and how they come to United State and start living on the Kansas.

Based on the issues described early the Hmong population needs to understand the benefit treatment offer the individual, families and their communities. It helps with alleviates stigmas to the family and their culture when becoming aware of how mental and substance use may influence negative change in a population. Since ethno-culturally diverse individual, families, nation, and communities may have different beliefs, religions, and economic-status. May cause treatment challenges when counseling both the individuals and their families to encounter variation amongst the professionals and the client. Since their conditioned and may have instilled afflictions, fear, anger, and distrust when it comes to the introducing the American way of life,

Cultural relativism is the process of how we understand different cultures through their own meaning, and not how we understand these cultures through our culture. Ethnocentrism is when you look at another culture and judge it solely based on attitudes and judgments based solely on how we understand the different culture through our own cultural views. Before being socialized into the Hmong culture, Walt had a very stereotypical view of him Hmong neighbour’s. He viewed them as stereotypical Asians that were taking over his neighbourhood and country, and often referred to them as gooks. Walt only understood Asian people based on his own opinions of them and through what his culture perceived them as and not by direct exposure to their culture.

I agree, Irene that health care professionals need to be culturally sensitive of the Hmong people's customs and medicinal traditions. It was much harder back then because there weren't many translators available and many of the Western health professionals didn't know any of the beliefs of the Hmong's. However, as you mention the younger generation has bridged the gap in communication between both parties, and as society and health care providers have learned more about the Hmong people they have been able to better treat them

As I contemplated on what my cultural plunge was going to be, it made me realize that I am lucky to say that I have been exposed and acquainted with maybe more than the usual. My ex-husband is Middle Eastern, I am Mexican, and I have homo-sexual friends, and have and had friends that are African-American, Caucasian, Japanese, Filipino, Jewish, and Korean. I finally chose to explore more of the Asian culture because although I have friends that are Asian I liked to know more about their culture. Being that I love to cook, I decided to go to an Asian market. As I searched the internet for suggestions on where to go, I found 99 Ranch Market to have the highest ratings. 99 Ranch Market is an Asian

This paper will reflect on my experience by exploring an ethnic grocery store. Exploring the different aspect of cultural food that is new. This new knowledge of different cultural food in this ethnic grocery store gave a variety of food that you would not majority see in American grocery stores. But have some food that you would see in American grocery stores. This paper provides my acknowledgment of surrounding, what cultural group or common nationality mostly shop there, are they store food labels based on their cultural language from their country.

Anthropology very interesting yet very difficult subject. During the fieldwork anthropologists not only work and study about people’s lives and culture but they also build relationships with them-become friend with them. As professor Lindell said that she become very close to her host family and she visited them many time, it shows her proficiency in this field. I believe that it is very challenging to gain trust and acceptance among those local people, or sometimes it is not possible. For example, people from rural areas (or villages) in my country, simply do not accept “outsiders” in their villages. My question for professor is that have you experienced social rejection from particular group or person from Hmong people while doing fieldwork?

As an Asian American, I go to Asian markets, H mart or Komart, around three times in a month. On December 2nd I went to the bigger Asian market, H mart which is located on 2625 Old Denton road in Carrollton for my grocery store assignment. H mart is surrounded by many Korean restaurant and beauty shops.The hall is usually lightly bursting with people around at 5p.m to 6p.m. I feel the shopping space such as corridor or passage of H mart is more cramped than common American grocery stores. Personally, the way H mart categorized good items are easier and more convenient than many other American markets. H mart gathered discounted items at the entrance which customers easily notice them easily at a time. It reflect some Asian culture which put

When entering a grocery store, most people don’t take the time to stop and observe their surroundings, for their soul purpose at that instant is to purchase what very food they may need for that day or maybe even for that week. However, through all the haste of wanting to go in and out of grocery stores as fast as one can, most are unaware of the very culture that they too are now apart of, the interactions, both verbal and through people’s body language that they are experiencing, how people look and dress, even what is considered appropriate behavior although not specifically written down. Culture is all around us, and we all contribute to it, whether it is through our norms, values, symbols, or mental maps of reality (Guest 2014, 38-43). That is why through this assignment, I took the time to observe the culture experienced in the American grocery store Stater Brothers, the ethnical Filipino grocery store Seafood City, while also taking the time to reflect on my own personal views of what I thought was “normal” through my experience working in Northgate Gonzalez Market, a Mexican grocery store for three years.

The United States is host to a variety of different cultures from around the globe. However, while many remain authentic to their foreign heritage evidence of cultural assimilation are everywhere. An example of this assimilation can be found at the eatery The Silk Road Restaurant; genuine Afghanistan cuisine. Where despite the authentic food and afghan inspired interior, still remains guilty of trading in many of the social norms that are customary when eating afghan cuisine. This cultural disconnect can also be seen in the restaurants cliental as their cultural connection varied greatly.

The ethnic market I visited was a local Middle Eastern market called Tehran Market. I expected to find a mixture of American and Middle Eastern brands of food but mostly American brands. When I first stepped into the store I quickly realized that I was wrong, the store was the opposite of what I originally thought. The market provided mostly Middle Eastern brands of food. I loved walking around the store and discovering foods I wouldn’t normally see at my local markets. I was so interested in all of the products they had available that I not only returned to Tehran Market but also purchased a number of new items. The items I’ve purchased were a variety of fresh produce that they had available, such as: tomatoes, cucumber, onions, lettuce, and