My Cultural Experience

Arriving at a foreign country at the age of eleven years old was and exiting and yet intimidating experience. High buildings, wide roads, newer and nicer cars on the streets were some of the first things I noticed when I arrived to the city of Los Angeles CA. Living in a country where you were not born in could be difficult some times. Although Spanish is spoken at a grand scale in CA, it was difficult to communicate with and understand the teachers from my classes at the elementary level since all they spoke was English. Los Angeles is a city of great diversity, therefore it is believed to be the perfect place for any person arriving from another country to not feel like a foreign, such believe

My cultural background is English, I am an atheist I don’t believe in much but I do strongly believe that people should be treated equality. I am a very open minded person when it comes to diversity and others beliefs. I have never experienced my views impacting others negatively I have always educated myself on other beliefs so I don’t offend them but if my views did impact others

In the excerpt of Peggy McIntosh, she talks about how white people are privileged. She says that women’s disadvantages are men’s advantages. She explains that by her being a white person, she was taught about racism as something that puts other people at a disadvantage. McIntosh also says that white people are taught not to recognize white privilege like in the same way men are taught not to recognize male privilege. In the excerpt, she describes white privilege as a knapsack, where it’s invisible and weightless.

I was born in the vast city of New York and raised in East Harlem and because of this, culture was a recurring theme in my life as a kid. To begin, New York City is extremely diverse and East Harlem is filled with a mixture of many cultures. Kids around me were of different cultures yet, we all had similar interests. As a kid, I had no idea what missing something felt like, as I always had food on the table, I always had shoes and clothes on me and most importantly I had my two loving parents.

I contemplated for a long time on where I would do my cultural immersion experience. I wanted to go somewhere where I was an outsider in a part of my own culture. It was then that I realized I didn’t have to go far for this assignment. For as long as anyone can remember, my family has been Catholic. Despite that, I have never been to church and I don’t know much of anything about Catholicism.

Srinivas Maddineni and I come from different backgrounds and cultures. Srinivas—or as he likes to be called “Jake”—is from India and can speak Bengali and Hindi. I, on the other hand, have ancestors from Eastern Europe and speak my religion’s language of Hebrew. Despite these cultural differences, Jake and I met and forged a meaningful relationship because of our shared interest in economic empowerment. Before I talk about my relationship with Jake and how our friendship impacted an organization, I’ll first discuss how I came to know him. Before coming to Emory, I was originally set to attend George Washington University (GW). I will admit that I was not excited about the prospect of going to GW; it was low on my “college list” and I did not feel passionate about the school or its academic

How would you describe your personal/cultural background? Be sure to note any aspects of your identity that are important to political values (race/ethnicity, parents occupation, parents education, household income, gender). Has this produced conservative, liberal, or moderate values? (3 pts)

I enjoyed reading your experience from your interview. It was very pleasing to learn that your culture and the interviewee’s culture have similarities. Finding commonalities with others really makes it easier for us to connect with one another and be more comfortable with sharing personal experiences. It was particularly interesting to learn that the interviewee’s family celebrated their togetherness as a family monthly by sharing food, stories, and laughter. Gatherings like the ones your interviewee described had been a fond childhood experience for me as well. When I lived in Hawaii with my family, Sundays were designated for family gatherings. The location would rotate between my uncles and aunties house or perhaps at one of the local beaches.

For my second culture immersion project I went to eat at a Mexican restaurant. I went with my group members Ryan, Brian and Brian's girlfriend. I went this pass Tuesday after we had our group meeting. I don’t recall the name of the restaurant but I know it was downtown Appleton near by the Walgreens. . This was good choice for the project because I never have eaten at an actually Mexican restaurant before.

In the celebration of the local holidays and traditions of our country, we get to experiences new things that we don’t know about and it provides memories that will last a lifetime. We also have more time with our family and friends. It contributes a sense of comfort and happiness. I know more things during the time I spend with my family on holidays. For instance, when I was six years old, there was a day that my parent takes the whole family visiting my relatives’ houses. My parent told me to say “Happy New Years and wish you have the best luck this year.” to that person and then they give me a red envelope. I don’t know the reason why. When I got home, I open it and see twenty dollars, I am so happy. I did it every year and I come to realize the reason, it’s because what I say makes them happy and they give me money so that throughout the year I will get lucky too. But that don’t last long because my family moves to America and they don’t do that here, it’s sad. Nevertheless, I still thankful that I got to know those things before I

The environment, family, and community I have grown up in has shaped me as a person. So far, I grew up in the same house all seventeen years of my life. My personality has grown and molded over the years of middle school and high school based off the lessons I have learned and the things I’ve been through.

(Origin) When thinking about my family and our roots I identify my family’s places or origin as Germany and Ireland. A majority of my family is of German ancestry and the one exception is my grandmother and she is Irish. I identify these too places as where my family came from due to stories that I have hear from family members and to the traits that each member of my family carries. A majority of my family are all blonde hair, with blue or brown eyes which have a lot of similarities to people from Germany. My family as very few of the traits from the Irish side but the only ones the I have been told are that some people in our family freckle a lot

One of my earliest childhood memories was in a huge playground with kids the same age as me, laughing and talking in a foreign language, except I was the only one lost in translation. The memory was of a time when my parents sent me to an all-girls boarding school in India at five years of age. Learning how to adjust to a new culture was difficult, to say the least. However, I have grown from this unique experience. I developed a new mentality to adapt to any situation, and truly believe friends can help support anyone through any circumstance. I also learned many new cultural experiences that influence my life today. It is these experiences at my boarding school that has shaped me into the person I am today.

Two months ago when my grandmother passed away it was tough for my family. It felt odd, like we just lost something. It was hard to explain the feeling. My mom had it pretty rough and was going down hill. Then one day My dad decided to to get a dog I was sceptical initially but I agreed to it.

Lonely. Sad. Scary. I was a different kind of person compared to my family. I didn’t know what I wanted to do in my life. I was the one person in my family that didn’t go to college. I liked playing many sports, so I did a lot. Sports helped me clear my head and think. I played volleyball, swim, water polo, track, and field. School was important to me, but I didn’t like it because I thought it was a waste of time. I wanted to be in the Olympics for track and field, it was my dream.I had no father figure in my life, he left when I was a baby. It was just my mom, my boyfriend and I. Obviously I had other family members, but they were the main ones. My mom and I live in a little apartment right next to a grocery store.