Multicultural Matrix and Analysis
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Multicultural Matrix and Analysis
America. One would think America is the land of the free and the home of the brave. The all American dream? One would think the American dream is a concept accepted by all cultures achieved the same way through hard work, education, and good home base for support. Cultures are viewed different and have different perspectives on life through owns past and present experiences, stereotypes, advances, behaviors, and all of the things that define a culture in society.
I am an African American, in my point of view we are a very diverse group with different shades of skin color, hair textures, shapes and sizes. Amazing one might say, but we were not always this way. African Americans were Africans at first we were brought here forcefully separated from our families and enslaved. That is a testament that one’s past does not define them and their futures. Now African Americans are doctors, lawyers, and politicians. It took a while for African Americans to advance but look at this country its run by Barack Obama the President of the United States. Talk about the trials and tribulations of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960 to the present, we are in the midst of major social advancement and acceptance.
Other cultures are special in their own way as well. Muslim Americans, Asian Americans, and Hispanic Americans are a testament to how culture defines America. They came here and brought a different outlook on life, but that’s probably from their homeland because they haven’t been exposed to the “American Way”. Muslim, Asian, and Hispanic Americans family views, customs, and traditions are different. Some Muslim Americans pray five times a day to be closer to their god. One could look at this and say it is not accepted and looked at as abnormal behavior, but a Muslim would look at it as a tradition and their form of religion. Asian Americans are looked at as smart educated society. Society says that anyone who exceeds the normal is...
America. One would think America is the land of the free and the home of the brave. The all American dream? One would think the American dream is a concept accepted by all cultures achieved the same way through hard work, education, and good home base for support. Cultures are viewed different and have different perspectives on life through owns past and present experiences, stereotypes, advances, behaviors, and all of the things that define a culture in society.
I am an African American, in my point of view we are a very diverse group with different shades of skin color, hair textures, shapes and sizes. Amazing one might say, but we were not always this way. African Americans were Africans at first we were brought here forcefully separated from our families and enslaved. That is a testament that one’s past does not define them and their futures. Now African Americans are doctors, lawyers, and politicians. It took a while for African Americans to advance but look at this country its run by Barack Obama the President of the United States. Talk about the trials and tribulations of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960 to the present, we are in the midst of major social advancement and acceptance.
Other cultures are special in their own way as well. Muslim Americans, Asian Americans, and Hispanic Americans are a testament to how culture defines America. They came here and brought a different outlook on life, but that’s probably from their homeland because they haven’t been exposed to the “American Way”. Muslim, Asian, and Hispanic Americans family views, customs, and traditions are different. Some Muslim Americans pray five times a day to be closer to their god. One could look at this and say it is not accepted and looked at as abnormal behavior, but a Muslim would look at it as a tradition and their form of religion. Asian Americans are looked at as smart educated society. Society says that anyone who exceeds the normal is...