Identity : My Culture, Identity, And Cultural Identity

Imagine walking down the street of a busy city and stopping each person to shake their hands and ask their favorite food. How each person reacts and their response is the result of culture. Every single person has a deep, complex culture whether it is visible to them or not. The word “culture” is so broad and overused. What is culture? To put it simply, culture is the behaviors and beliefs of a particular social, ethnic, or age group. Our culture shapes the way we see and interact with the world on a huge scale. Our culture affects our personality and our actions. Education develops and molds one's culture. Culture forces reason behind having to assimilate and change due to a new environment filled with different cultures. Each individual

Sometimes a person will feel that they have no purpose in life. Finding out who you are just take the time of sitting down and thinking of the importance in your life. Who am I? I am April Casas, and I am a person with different personalities, characteristics, and identities. Every single one has their own unique identity and culture. Culture plays a big role in shaping your identity. Culture is what made me the person I am today and determines who or what I choose to associate myself with. My background and upbringing are what sets me apart from anyone else because no one has been raised the same. My identity would not exist if it was not for my own culture and the values I have carried it over the years. I am in college studying paramedic; and I have wonderful friends in desperate need of support, which makes me a wonderful best friend.

A cultural identity explores and explains how our place of upbringing, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, and family dynamics among other factors creates our identity as a person. Even facts such as what activities we took part in as a child can be part of cultural identity. During the process of writing my second paper for my English class in my first semester of college, my professor asks this question several times; “Who are you?” This exercise I believe she is trying to use to show that people are multifaceted beings; meaning there are different aspect of individual’s life that shape them into who they are. It is not just based on one particular aspect of their life that define them. Ethnically, I identify myself as a Yoruba girl (an ethnic group in the western part of Nigeria). Writing this self-identity paper has engaged me into thinking about the factors that are woven together to define my identity and how and where they each play their role. Culture, in addition to family traditions is one of the factors that define my self-identity as well as affect my self-identity.

Being caught between two locations and their varying cultures has caused identity issues within myself and a lack of belonging when I’m in either place. It was from an early age that I realized I wasn’t like everyone else around me. Myers would call this “not being a part of the in-group”. The in-group in his opinion were the people who had something in common and anyone who doesn’t have that thing in common also is in the out-group. This separation is what divides us as a society and makes life difficult for people like me. Being included in certain groups can give someone the ability to be dominate and confident where people in the outgroup can’t. This division can also bring about stereotypes and conformity within the groups themselves. This central idea of “us” and “them” is something that everyone struggles with in some way no matter what they do, mine just happened to be geographical and cultural all wrapped into one.

People all around the world have objects and ideas that make them who they are. This can include the country they are from, their favorite sport, or even their favorite childhood toy. These objects can define where someone comes from and what their cultural background is. Items that represent my cultural identity are my computer, the American flag, my phone, basketball shoes, and my saxophone. All of these items not represent who I am, they show what I have done in my life. The American flag shows the country I am from, which is a large part of my culture. My phone shows the social part of my culture, whether it be through texting or social media. Basketball shoes were a big part of my culture in middle school, but are not as evident

Maya Angelou once said, “You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.” The surroundings show that a person is always trying new things by looking others. The idea of a society being able to influence a person just by their surroundings is prevalent. Influence happens when you are looking up to other people. You start to act like them by looking up to them. That is when we start to feel like we are changing ourselves. Many perspectives show the effect that society has on a person to prove that the culture

I am Zaka Hashmat Siddiqi and I am Asian belong from Middle Asia. I am Muslim and my religion is Islam. I am from Pakistan, Sind, Karachi by the specific area from Shah Faisal Colony no. 2. The main values, norms, and traditions that I belongs to Asian typical culture more into strict rules and regulation such as respect our religion and follow all the important instructions that I learned from my family, friends and teachers. Many Asian people follow their norms by which they belongs but many of them are similar to many culture such as caring, helping people, respect to children's and elder. Religion is also the most important thing to me as I got teaching from my parent and my elders.

We all have a distinct culture, going on hiking trips at the Hollywood Hills on sunday , sushi night on fridays, or a common one like movie night with your whole family. Which every unique traditions you have it always connect with your cultural identity. ‘Cultural identity is the identity or feeling of belonging to a group. It is part of a person's self-conception and self-perception and is related to nationality, ethnicity, religion, social class, generation, locality or any kind of social group that has its own distinct culture.’ We should be proud of what made us the person we have become or will become , you knowing how to make your grandmothers special dishes, I have learn that my personal identity may not

I currently am a 20-year-old African-American male that has been through a lot to be where I am today. I grew up in a predominantly white town, because my parents wanted me to grow up in a school where I would not only be smart and successful, but safe. My parents doing that to me young was probably the best thing and worst thing that could have happened to me. Growing up in a white suburb certainly has its flaws, but I have learned that flaws can be turned into positives that can benefit myself. I know how to focus on the positives out of the negative situations. The College lifestyle has especially helped me with not getting too frustrated when I have fail to succeed. Whenever I encounter negative situations I always think to myself,

As we noted early in the semester, food plays an important role in the shaping of personal and group identity, be it national, ethnic, racial, gendered, cultural, etc. Choose one of the preceding types of social identity and explain how food may play a role in shaping that identity. Be sure to include the relevant literature. For instance, if you discuss gender, then use Carol Adams, “Sexual Politics of Meat.” How does the shaping of this identity occur? Are there elements to identity formation that are problematic or troubling? If so, why? Be specific and argue for your view using explicit normative foundations. It may be quite helpful to bring in secondary research to lend support to your argument.

Culture is the values, beliefs, thinking patterns and behavior that are learned and shared and that is characteristic of a group of people. It serves to give an identity to a group, ensures survival and enhances the feeling of belonging. Identity is the definition of ones- self. It is a person’s frame of reference by which he perceives himself. Identities are constructed by an integral connection of language, social structures, gender orientation and cultural patterns. There is a complex relationship between culture and identity.

Immigration is a worldwide phenomenon of the twenty-first century (Esses, Deaux, Lalonde & Brown, 2010). A case point is Australia, where almost half (49%) of Australian populations recorded to be immigrants of the offspring of immigrants (ABS, 2016). On the surface, the growing presence of second generations (offspring of immigrants) appears to testify the success of immigration settlement in Australia. Unfortunately, researchers recently established that children of immigrants (second generation) faces daily conflict over cultural identity, whether to endorse the norms and traditions of family’s country or those mainstream Australian society (Phinney & Ong, 2007) or to balance both.

Culture is something that shapes someone’s mindset and beliefs, which in turn affects the way someone views others and the world. Culture is present in society and in our lives day in and day out. Culture affects how we act, the things we say, the way we dress, and how we live our lives. Everyone’s cultural identity is unique to them, and it is usually based off of what they are surrounded by growing up, and how the people that they surround themselves with choose to act.

I’ve never really questioned my cultural identity, actually nobody even asked me what my cultural identity was. I guess they just thought I was a regular black girl that likes watermelon and fried chicken. Now don’t get me wrong mama loves her some fried chicken, but I don’t really care for watermelon. Don’t take that as a shock, not all black people like watermelon. Truth of the matter is that I'm really just a hot chip, school loving, catholic, hair braiding, soul-food eating, outgoing, loud-mouth, overachieving, African-American girl.

Culture is the aspect of a group of people defined by all things such as language, food, beliefs, clothing, etc. These customs are what shape the lifestyle of people and the way we are. Groups of society have different cultural strategies on how to adapt and respond to one’s surroundings. When it comes myself personally, I was raised in American culture. Every culture has fundamentally two integral elements: material and nonmaterial.