Cultural Background Paper

Cultural Background Pape

September 6, 2010

SOC100

In society today, depending on an individual’s background, religion, and race there are definitely different cultural backgrounds and values, still having to live together and survive on one another in this world. This paper will be describing some of the similarities and differences between norms of my cultural background, and norms of the dominant American cultural background. I will describe how these similarities and differences affect my life, how has my cultural background contributed to the mixture that is a dominant American cultural. Included in this paper will tell you how my culture was learned , and if any give any specifics if I have developed a new cultural background since becoming an adult, and if so what influence me to develop this new culture.

Culture backgrounds are founded to be a systematic way of sharing customs, beliefs and behaviors. Individual societies use different ways and things to deal with the world and others around them. These ways of coping are passed along from person to person and from generation to generation in the learning process. Cultural backgrounds help us to grasp the significance of how things are developed and changed. Every culture is extraordinary in its own way. Let’s not assume that there is any one culture that is exactly the same, but I do know that cultures have some similarities. When other cultures try to describe cultures of other people they tend to stress the differences a great deal more than similarities, and overlook similarities.

Have you ever thought to yourself, “Why do I act the way that I do? What caused me to make that decision?” I strongly believe that my life choices and behaviors are directly impacted by my culture background. If people would take into account how a person is raised or the type of living conditions that one had to endure, our world would be a more peaceful place in which to live. To understand who I am, one would need to...