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My Cultural Background Of My African American Culture

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Growing up learning about my culture background was never really important to me up until now. I always assume that all I needed to know was that I'm African American nothing more nothing less. Entering this class and being on this topic has really made me wonder what really is my culture background. As I was reading on different cultures I was realizing that with my culture women can do anything a man can do. That’s with building buildings, fixing anything that’s broken, playing all kinds of sports and so much more. It doesn't matter if you’re a man and your cooking in the kitchen just like it doesn't matter if you're a woman and your working in the fields. The only thing that’s different with men and women is that ones a male and the other …show more content…

They have a different background and culture that’s quite different from the African American culture. Caucasians are one of the cultures that’s not living as a stereotype or had to go through slavery in their culture. Unlike my culture we (African American) live in a society that labels us African Americans as stereotypes and yes we did have to go through slavery. They say that white people always owned slaves but in all nationality all kinds of races kept slaves throughout slavery history. I learned that Caucasians aren't as bad as maybe your ancestors tries to portray them. My great grandmother used to work for a white family but never did they treat her like she was a slave or one of their workers; they treated her as if she was family. Whenever they had a family gathering they always made sure my grandmother and her family was there because and their eyes my grandmother was apart of them. Majority of African American culture is known through oral tradition. If you think about a white person trait a black person wouldn’t come to mind as well as when you think of an black person a white person wouldn’t come to mind. Scientist have proven that if you trace the origins of both races back to what they use to call it "Black Africa", its now called Ethiopia. 50,000 years ago a huge amount of Africans began to populate the world. One of our cultures is that on December 25 we celebrate the birth …show more content…

In their culture every one of their aspects is spent on sports, music, arts and food. The development of their country provides a unique religion insight. Since they are a former Spanish colony most of their food comes from a Latin American feel. You might not know but they demonstrate their heritage through art. The most common food that they have is "La Bandera" or "The Flag". In their culture that dish is made from meat rice and red beans. Their jewelry is made from bone, coconut husk, horn, and amber. As well as their artist uses clay, porcelain, hemp, and guano to make religious figurines. When you think of Italian people you think of a pretty accent, pretty hair type of person. Well that’s what I thought until my grandmother was telling me about my great grandfather. Being that he was mixed he only had the Italian hair but the American accent. At first I thought that he used to live in Italy but once again I was wrong. My great grandfather mother once lived in Italy. When she found out she was pregnant she soon moved to Virginia. Italy is home of the Roman Empire, its also a major part in the Renaissance. Italians take up 96% of the population in Italy. The remaining of the population is spreaded all over the world such as North African Arab, German, and more. My great grandfather mother was a full blown Italian where as his father was Italian but also an African American. Learning

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