Importance Of Ethnic Culture

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Importance Of Ethnic Culture

How important are cultural roots for yourself?  

   

   

  There are many races in this earth some with more culture, morals, influence,   and values than others. That still doesn't change the fact that we all live in   this earth together sharing what ever piece of land we live on. No matter what   race we are -- we are always influenced to believe in our roots. I am Hispanic, my   roots are very strong because in my household I was thought that morals and   values and the unity of family will always be part of your life when a family is   born. It is important to me that the roots I was thought keep on for generations   to come, maybe by influencing my future husband and children. The importance of   unity in a household is very complex maybe because everyone has there ups and   downs in life. One thing that is also very complex in the Hispanic culture is   that most of the time the first language thought is Spanish and that can cause   some controversy due to the fact that in the country I live in the main language   is English. Many times the culture you have flowing in your bloodstream can   create problems like racism and the way you are judged by the color of your skin   but that does not change the fact of who we are. Yes I can say that culture is   very important to me because that is who I am that is what will stay with me for   the rest of my life. Several people have changed the culture they were raised   with -- one big example in the king of pop Michael Jackson who changed his   appearance to become a white person when he was born black. To do that is just   disrespecting who your parents are and where you came from but in this world   money is more important than any culture, race or background you come from.   Culture means everything to me because without culture then what can we say   about ourselves. Maybe that we are all the same but we are not all the same   culture separates us , the way of thinking separates us and our expressions of   what we believe in makes...

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  • Date Submitted: 05/24/2008 04:30 PM
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