Does ones culture affect the way people see them? The world is filled with many people with different cultures. It should not change the way people see them, but it does. Texts such as “Where Worlds Collide”, “An Indians Fathers Plea”, and “What is Cultural Identity”, defend the idea that people see society and other races based on their background or culture.
In Trumbull and Pacheco’s novel “What is Cultural Identity”, the text defends how culture is viewed by others. “This system of understanding includes values, beliefs, notions about acceptable and unacceptable behavior, and other socially constructed ideas that members of the society are taught true” (Trumbull and Pacheco 9). The last part of this quote is saying how people are telling others ideas or beliefs, and those people are believing and changing their culturally ways. Garcia, who originally made this quote, is an Anthropologist from Boston. Additionally each scholar in the text defends the way culture is seen by others. “Cultural identity is a broader term: people from multiple ethnic backgrounds may identify as belonging to the same culture” (Trumbull and Pacheco 9). Not everyone wants to stay to their culture. Most cultures goes to where majority culture is located.
In Robert Lake’s novel “An Indian Fathers Plea”, the novel backs up the way culture is recognized by others. “He said …show more content…
In the novel, Amy stands up for what she wants to do. “No I said, and I now felt stronger, as if my true self had finally emerged” (Tran 27). Jing-Mei does not want to follow her Chinese culture anymore. However towards the end of the story, Jing-Mei still appreciates her ethnic culture. “I put the jewelry in special silk pouches” (Tran 29). She shows that her mom’s culture still is special to her, even though Jing-Mei does not follow