Essay on The Effects that Culture Has on Others

Growing up, I was constantly surrounded by people of the same ethnic race and culture. I was raised in the small city of Temple City where a lot of older generation Asian immigrants resided, which resulted in my schools being mostly dominated by the first generation Asian American population. Because of this similarity of race and culture with my peers, it was fairly easy for me to bond with other students as well as feel comfortable within the realms of my schools and neighborhood. I had little trouble learning and participating in classrooms and also was able to be very involved in leadership positions in extracurricular programs at my high school which was a good learning experience for me.

There’s a thing that most people don’t understand about people who deal with two different cultures. People with a split culture have to make their own mold, so to say; they have to learn from their own and others experiences to conform to a certain norm. Since different cultures have different social norms, you can’t behave unacceptably without being judged. People, who have never dealt with diverse communities, especially don’t understand why people act differently when they’re around unalike people. For example, my friends never understood why my parent didn’t allow me to go to places in high school such as football games, dances or even to my friends’ houses. They didn’t understand that my family was very conservative; however I don’t blame them for not knowing, since they haven’t experienced any diversity by living in a predominantly white area.

Anthropologists have always had their discrepancies with the word culture and its background significance. There have been numerous definitions that have filtered through the field, yet not one that everyone can accept or agree with. Franz Boas, an anthropologist in the early 20th Century, and his students, had a difficult time figuring out the objective of what culture is. Culture is about learning and shared ideas about behaviour. Although Boas and his students had a slightly different idea in mind. They ultimately reached a conclusion, a definition of culture in their view that is a contradiction in terms. Boas sates that, “ culture was expressed through the medium of language but was not reducible to it;

Growing up in America you get introduced and exposed to new ideas and cultures everyday. Especially living in Los Angeles which is a melting pot of many different cultures and beliefs. It’s difficult to think of a time I’ve had a problem or struggle with a new experience. However, I have had a minor struggle with the feeling acceptance in different cultures. Facing new experiences can be amazing and a way of learning new ideology and beliefs. Different cultures have many different ways of thinking and have different belief systems and it can be difficult to fit in properly. With the experiences I have faced I try to enjoy and respect them as much as possible but, there is still a small feeling of not truly fitting in. I’ve learned to overcome

Being born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, I was exposed to many different cultures. A few of which were Hispanics and German. They both had different languages and customs. My mom would take us to a festival in San Antonio yearly that was called the “Texas Folklife Festival”. There, our family would experience many different cultures with singing, dancing, food, art, and language. Our family enjoyed learning about the different places others came from and how they celebrated their heritage. Learning to appreciate where others came from and their back ground, gave me a better appreciation for differences.

Being multiracial, I grew up quite confused and found it hard to adapt to everyone else around me due to the fact that I was going back and fourth between my parents households which were both very culturally different from one another. I feel that is there was more of an understanding of one another 's culture, as well as communication, the relationship between my parents could have been a lot better and they could have made it easier for me to adapt to the cultural differences that I encountered on a daily basis.

Because before I came to Toronto, I did not know in detail about people that have a different background from me, such as people with white or black color skin, indigenous people, etc. Hence, I just believe whatever being told by my parents and accepted the misleading information from the article of a magazine that I read; stereotyping about other’s race stereotype and all the bad things that they do, without knowing the truth. But now I accept that everyone is different, and I become easier to understand and embrace cultural differences. For example, when I hear or read something about a certain culture, it is necessary to conceive that this does not mean everyone from that particular culture acts or believes the same

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When comparing cultures, one must form a definition of what culture is. Culture can be easily defined as the social behavior and normality’s found in human societies. It can also be easily made up of a composed arrangement of educated conduct and thought designs. Culture is a sorted out framework since it includes many parts. Throughout the world, there are many cultures that are both very different and also very similar. "Culture encompasses religion, food, what we wear, how we wear it, our language, marriage, music, what we believe is right or wrong, how we sit at table, how we greet visitors, how we behave and one million other things." (Cristina De Rossi.)

It is very difficult to serve others and open up to leadership positions if one is not aware of others views and how they came to hold them (Ahmed, et al., 2011). I struggle with my world view but I can’t expect to understand others until I understand my own. I believe that I am urban but that can relate to any race. I grew up in an urban area, and I do think and identify with being urban. I believe that some would call it a ghetto. My neighborhood was mixed with African American and Puerto Rican people. I could see the difference in the traditions and it greatly influenced the neighborhood. The two groups began to mix cultures and it was almost like a new one was born.

The school atmosphere was different I was hanging with Caucasian girls and the African American children did not understand what I was doing being so close to children opposite of my own culture. At that point, I was unsure of what their problem was but realized they were sheltered from other cultures and raised differently. This caused several fights as a child because other children would call me a “little white girl” and I had no idea of what that meant and was offended. I was raised around majority boys in the neighborhood, until I started playing softball, some would consider me as a tomboy. So

Swami Nirmalananda, a disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna, once said “Our modern society is engaged in polishing and decorating the cage in which man is kept imprisoned.” Society is seen as a cage by many because the cultural beliefs that make up the society are what guide the actions and behaviors of those people within. Sometimes the culture in societies result in helping people develop successfully and positively, but this is not always the case. For instance, societies that were challenged by racism during the mid-twentieth century were marked by rage and were the causes of some troublesome lives. In two short stories set during the mid-twentieth century, “Sonny’s Blues,” by James Baldwin and “The Man Who Was Almost a Man,” by

When I moved to United State, I missed my family and my friends, living in Iran. While not had any friends hare, I felt so sad and depressed. Everything was new for me. I always asked myself why I came here. I spend my awful days in U.S.

In this essay, I will compare and contrast several cultural elements of the countries of Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. The kingdom of Saudi Arabia is located in Asia in the Middle East and is currently ruled by the Al Saud family. Saudi Arabia largely consists of a desert climate with hot days and cool nights, and the majority of its population congregates in Southwest Saudi Arabia in major cities such as Mecca, Medina, Hofuf, Ta’if, Dammam, Riyadh, and Jeddah (House, 2012). The population of Saudi Arabia as per the 2010 Population and Household Census is 26,090,555, with three-fourths of the population being Saudi natives and the rest being immigrants (Abdul Salam et. al., 2014). Malaysia is located in Southeast Asia just north of the

Over the course of socio-cultural development, certain modifiers change drastically while others remain the same. One certain circumstantial solidifier in the karma of the cultural human is the need factor--the desire to belong to a greater whole. It is no more apparent than in the images and objects that a society produces.