Essay - Multiculturalism My Cultural Background Ethnicity Statement: I am an African...

Multiculturalism

My Cultural Background

Ethnicity Statement: I am an African American woman, which means my ethnicity is a blend of ***** culture and Southern black American culture. What that ***** in reality is that growing up black in the South, my ethnicity caused problems, created differences, and caused me to question my own culture and my own identity. In addition, I am a blend ***** two *****s, and that heritage ***** important ***** me and to what ***** life stands for. Part of me wants ***** explore my black roots, and find out just when my f*****ily came from Africa and what their experience was. I know that at least some of ***** family were slaves, and this places a gre*****t weight on me. To overco***** ***** heritage, I want to be the best I can be and make a n*****me for myself and my *****. I also ***** to feel I ***** fit into both cultures that surround me, and ***** is not always easy to do.

Practices: My family speaks English with a Southern drawl! We enjoy many ***** the traditional Southern foods, like cornbread, greens, grits, and pork. My mother makes a big *****al ***** the holidays that includes these things, because it is what we love to eat.

Expectations: ***** expectations of my ethnic*****y are that I should be the same as anyone else, ***** ***** color of my skin ***** ***** matter. However, it is a ***** in society that my ***** color *****es matter, and because of that, I have *****s that my white Southern neighbors simply do not *****. My expectations do not meet realities when it comes to my ethnic*****y. I also have ***** ***** I should ***** be pulled between two cultures.

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