Personal Essay About My Cultural Identity

“Good times in your culture makes good memories”. Good memories can connect to your culture even if it’s good or bad. Your culture can have many different things about it . There’s different kinds of cultures. Some people are dedicated to their culture. People do things in their culture many different ways and some people do things the same way if they have the same culture. My cultural identity is interesting because of all the memories, food, and a specific t.v show.

From an early age I have frequently questioned who I am. I, obviously, am the daughter of Chris Dudley and Donna Terrill. I am a quiet girl from South Carolina with brown hair and glasses. These things make me who I am, but at the same time do not. Over the years I have come to realize that who I am really isn’t about who I am right now or who I am physically, but about who I want to be.

What is my cultural identity? I had to do some research to figure out exactly what “Cultural Identity” meant. I looked at several essays and websites that explained what cultural identity means. I learned that cultural identity is how you feel when belonging to a group. It is how you perceive yourself and is related to nationality, ethnicity, religion, social class, generation, or any kind of social group that has its own culture. I decided to focus on the three things that culturally identified me. Those three things are my religious beliefs, my passion for soccer, and my self-values.

My cultural Identity involves a lot with the Military. Being involved has taken a big part of who I am. It’s helped me think outside the box, be way more positive than I used to be, and make friends way easier than I used to. But, I tend to get hate sometimes for being involved with the Military, people talk so down about it.

Do you ever feel like your culture is changing, or it is changing and you just do not know? Well mine does, and there are many elements that make up my culture, and this elements change. They change because I am introduced into a new culture and some aspects of that culture gets me interested leading me to change certain things about my cultural identity. My cultural identity is based off of three major elements. The first element is religion, my parents force me to do these religious things but then I end up enjoying them. The second element is art, I use art to impress others and hope on making new friends doing so. The last major element is social organization, I have a wide variety of friends and family contributed to the definition of me.

Skating is a main part of my cultural identity, but so is riding dirt bikes and quads. Aside from the fun activity’s, I have more important things to do, such as getting good grades so I can get into college, and being respectful to others and myself.

Who am I? Where do I belong? I was raised and born in Palm Springs, California. I'm German, Irish, Jewish, the rest I'm not sure. In California it was normal being white. I didn't feel like an outsider. I felt normal. But when I moved to Hawaii I didn't feel normal. I didn't know people would judge you for being white or as they say it, a "Haulie" . But I think I let that word get the best of me because it's only a word that describes a white person. That's what I am. But the only thing that gets to me is, why do they say it? Why do they have to remind me that I'm white? I been with myself for along time, I think I know I'm white.

My culture is Dutch Indonesian. I get that part of my culture from my dad’s side. I’m not quite sure what my mom’s culture is. I think she is Danish.

A cultural identity is the sense of belonging to a particular group and the influence said group has over an individual. In clinical therapy, it is important to be aware of a client’s cultural identity, as well as the cultural identity of the therapist. Both a client and the therapist can experience biases from their cultural identities so it is crucial for the therapist, in particular, to be conscious of that to not inadvertently invalidate or offend the client. It is also important for rapport to not make assumptions about cultural identities a therapist doesn’t belong to or fully understand. Ways of breaking down cultural identities are using visible and invisible identities, similarities to family and the “Big Nine”

What does cultural identity have to do with me? Well it basically has to do with what you love doing and how you feel about things. Cultural identity is the identity of feeling a person’s self-conception. The things that I like to do are play soccer with my family and friends, listen to music when I am angry or sad, I also love to draw pictures that pop into my mind when I see something gorgeous, cooking food is my favorite thing to do for my family and some of my other relatives, and taking care of animals that can’t take care of themselves. Those all make up my happy, loving, and fun side that I have in me.

Cultural identity is defined as the belonging to a group sharing alike qualities, such as beliefs and values, food, and clothing. The lessons learned from my culture have greatly influenced my morals, likes and dislikes, and perception of the world. I have been raised in an African household that has taught me to appreciate the characteristics of foreign cultures and the significance of different experiences.

My cultural identity is different from a lot of other people. My race and religion might be the same, but the things I do individually is unique. My mindset and the way I think makes a huge difference from most people. The aspects I was already aware of were the most obvious ones, like race, religion, etc. I really didn’t think about my cultural identity until we started the lesson on it in class.

Have you ever thought about your cultural identity and what's behind it ? Well maybe you should find out , Cultural Identity has a big impact on our lives. Many people have different or maybe similar cultural beliefs that you do. But today I will be talking about my cultural identity and what's behind it . Well, culture is the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. Everyone has a different cultural identity of course because no two people look exactly the same. I have my own cultural identity . I have different beliefs , behavior, rules, and etc. from others. For example my mother plays a big role in my life far as cultural identity or beliefs there is things i have grew up doing and continue doing my whole life because i have grown up doing this so i'm used to doing it . When a child repeatedly does something it's because 1. they’ve either learned it from someone else or was taught to do it . A Lot of things I do i learn from my mother .So i follow her beliefs and rules because she was raised doing the same. For example when my mother was younger my grandmother's belief was to go to the kingdom hall every Wednesday and Sunday to worship god and that followed my mother when

Have you ever wondered who people are? If you want to understand who I am you have to know a few things. You need to understand where I’m from, what I like, and my siblings.

The following paper will discuss two of the major dimensions of my cultural identity, and analyze the way in which my identity holds privileges, or has exposed me to oppression. Being that I am white, I have lived a life of privilege simply because of the color of my skin. I have been afforded opportunities, and lived a life free from persecution due to my skin color. I have also lived a life that has been impacted by oppression because of my female identity. This unique position between privilege and oppression is where I live my life.