Personal Narrative: My Cultural Identity

makes us who we are. We each have our own cultural identity which is shaped by our experiences and history. I am one hundred percent Japanese, but ethnicity is not the only thing that defines my cultural identity. I am teenager who plays basketball, loves technology, and plays video games. I do not celebrate any Japanese traditions or holidays, do not speak Japanese, and have never visited Japan. When I tell people I am Japanese, they want to know all about my Japanese traditions. I feel a little embarrassed

My Cultural Identity Cultural identity doesn’t define who you are, but it does show where you came from. My cultural identity means more than the family I was born into. For example, I may have grown up in a few different states without my father, but that just shows where I came from, not who I am. My personal cultural identity is unique because I have all my memories in photo albums, enjoy having a good steak, and connect with music that gives a glimpse of what I’ve dealt with. My picture albums

When I am asked about my cultural identity I think about my ethnicity. Being an Indian in a predominantly white school I feel awkward and out of place. Through the conflicts of my race and religion I have learned more about myself and my cultural identity. When I walk through school I am surrounded by a majority of white people, with the exception of a few colored people I see in the hallways. Ever since I’ve entered school I’ve been self-conscious about how I look. Because I’m fully Indian I have

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

can figure out yours. Figuring out your cultural identity hard what make up your culture is everyday things that you do as in your favorite tv show,food,music even things your family does like going to church or sweet 16. But when it comes down to it you don't decide what your culture is passed down from family and friends.Cultural identity defines you it comes from friends and family. My Favorite book percy jackson and the olympians represents my cultural identity.It is a long story a well written

their cultural identity is the most important thing to them, while to others, they may not even know which cultures they belong to. I am part of the second group, so it took a lot of time and work to really discover my cultural identity. I am defined by a few cultures, some very different from each other, but nevertheless, they define me. The cultures that define me are a mix of my hobbies and the people I interact with within videogames and the world of robotics, the food and ethnicity my grandfather

My cultural Identity “Culture is evolving, and I'm along for the ride”Bryan Lee O'Malley. Culture changes so much throughout our lifetime, from music to fashion trends. The more i look into my culture the more i notice it isn’t very unique. My culture identity is changing without control being influenced by so much. We have people who follow trends and those who think they control their culture but the truth is they don’t. Since we were born we began to get influenced by our family,from them buying

Cultural Identity 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. My parents expect a reasonable amount from me, objectives of getting really good grades and getting into a good college, and being respectful to all even if they disrespect me. Most surprising, they want me to mature and grow up,

code. Luckily, due to a creation of identity and personality, people often never reach that likeness and become different. Cultural identity impacts us for our interests can make a person grow and gain traits. My cultural identity is made up by many factors, Mx-Bones and my mom impacted my life and guided me to be an artist and an aspiring scientist of some sort that is not confirmative and very curious. The art and characters of Mx-Bones inspired me to do my own art and had helped me have nonconformity

My Cultural Identity 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

weights, and worshipping is the time I don't sense this as our cultural identity, but view it as the "normal" way of living. The way I think of cultural identity is something that's in our blood that we sense as "normal" that has little to do with ethnicity, but has more to do with the way you live life. It can be your career, hobbies, music you listen to, how healthy you are, and your beliefs. The three main parts of my cultural identity are lots of different sports, lots of different businesses, and

from. My culture describes how I act and who I am. My cultural identity is country. My favorite thing about my culture is the food eat because it is some great food. Culture is also about the food I eat, the clothes I wear, the music I listen to, the language I speak, and my religion. If you know me then you know that I love food. Of course I eat seafood because I mean most people from Louisiana do. It's easy to get seafood because of all the bayous, rivers, lakes, ponds, and oceans. My family

My cultural identity has changed drastically over the course of my life. Today, a couple of aspects that I consider to be a main part of my cultural identity are school, where I grew up, and family. Certain parts of my cultural identity have influenced my experiences in school exceedingly. The three most dominant aspects that have brought about such influence are first, simply the fact that my family is a white family, in a higher socioeconomic status. Second, because my father has a good job and

communities that live there do not really have the resources to know how others are or how they can personally identify themselves. However, that’s not my case. It’s interesting how I never took the time to get to know the person that I really am and what makes me the way I am. While researching I found that there are four things that identify me as a person: my faith, culture,

Cultural Identity Exploration Paper When I think about my cultural identity I find myself resorting to the word “normal”. I grew up in a town where everyone looked the same, everyone worshiped the same God, and everyone was in the same economic class. It’s interesting to really break down my individual cultural pieces to find that actually there are so many differences that I was simply too naïve to see. The culture that one grows up can be so different from one household the next, that there really