Other cultures

Culture! We are always encountering other cultures and our own. There are traditional dances, foods, religious beliefs, upbringing, and etcetera. Our own culture and those around us shape who we are. I come from a culturally diverse background because of my two parents and community. On my mothers side, she is from the Philippines and my father is from Mexico. From their different civilizations and life style brought a little piece from each side on how I was raised. Growing up as a child was interesting

was twenty-six. We have lived next door to her and her family for over ten years and I never once took the time to learn about her life before she moved to America. With this being said, before this interview, I had no knowledge of the Philippine culture. Before this encounter I had no knowledge of the proclamation of Martial Law placed over the Philippines. Estrellita, the woman I interviewed and spent time with, explained how she was in her last year of nursing school when the President enacted

Throughout history cultures have come and gone. Cultures from many distinct civilizations and empires were able to be conceived but yet most became utterly ruined. However certain societies and cultures were able to thrive for longer periods of times and outlast others. The more sophisticated a culture was, the greater the influence it had over smaller ones eventually merging together to establish a strong society; therefore creating a longer lasting culture. How do these cultures develop and “outperform”

Introduction- Around the world there are multiple different cultures not just American culture so to say that American culture is generalizable to other cultures is wrong because cultures around the world are all different however, culture is also shared and while culture is shared, there is not only one culture that everyone shares. Culture creates the behaviors of individuals understandable to other people in the group. Furthermore, generalization is how well the results can be applied to the

each created their own individual culture. With these cultures comes many different traits, such as, religion, morals, laws placed down, family values, and more. Each culture is different from the other, each different region has their own values that makes their culture different. However, some cultures, though they seem different from the outside, may be more alike than people might think. This thought applies to both Native American culture and American culture. The United States is mostly inhabited

can Learn From Other Food Cultures,” Choi discusses food in ways that pertain to ones culture. Today, our younger generation has become less thankful for simple, traditional foods and more wanting of foods prepared in less traditional ways, almost as if, “the more outlandish the better.” Choi mentioned in her article that, “those slightly younger have been the beneficiaries of the restaurant culture exploding in Shanghai” (Choi, Amy. “What Americans Can Learn From Other Food Cultures.” Ideastedcom

Source A: Godoy, Maria, and Kat Chow. "When Chefs Become Famous Cooking Other Cultures' Food." NPR. NPR, 22 Mar. 2016. Web. 14 Apr. 2017. This source is an article about chefs cooking food from other cultures. At the center of the piece is Rick Bayless, a white expert on Mexican cuisine. The authors analyze the concept of being disappointed about eating at a foreign food restaurant headed by a chef of unrelated race to the food. Chef Rick Bayless brings up the possible effects of racism, the notion

The Effects that Culture Has on Others Through my years of growing up I have moved a lot and never realized I was exposed to so much culture until I reached my high school years at Linden. I find that in my adolescence years I was brought to accept other people for their skin color, religion, and their different opinion on things. Moving to Linden, I was the one of a few students who seemed to really know about different cultures and was able to embrace them. I saw how I was different compared

Birthing Cermonies of Other Cultures The birthing ceremonies of the Indian culture has a lot of different aspects then the American culture does. I guess that is why they are different cultures. All cultures have different views on different things such as religion, but they also share the same as well for example every culture has some form of the family. This is what helps most cultures understand other cultures. In the Indian culture their view of bringing a child into the world is much different

toward each other are not based on a specific people, but instead the false ideals that those people have come to be associated with. These false representations did not come from popular culture alone, but popular culture continues to reinforce stereotypes that cause individuals to judge others based on their appearance, and how they believe that individual should behave based on their race or socioeconomic status . Michael Omi’s article,”In Living Color: Race and American Culture”, he argues