How Did Your Family Assimilate to American Culture? How Did Your Family Preserve Their Culture? by Sophia Cohen https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4 en-us 2019-05-01 08:09:03 UTC 2019-05-02 22:30:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f1fa-1f1f8.png Im not really sure, we still have traditional holiday dinners https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4/wish/356419402

]]> 2019-05-02 22:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4/wish/356419402 https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4/wish/356419404 went to American schools, stopped speaking Spanish, stopped putting spices in their food]]> 2019-05-02 22:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4/wish/356419404 We make the food of our culture every night for dinner and my parents made sure that I still speak my native language https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4/wish/356419432 2019-05-02 22:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4/wish/356419432 https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4/wish/356419452 my grandmother, who was Ecuadorian, learned how to speak English through attending mass at the local church and by speaking to my grandfather. She would sometimes make me and my brother food that she learned to cook from her mother. ]]> 2019-05-02 22:28:30 UTC https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4/wish/356419452 https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4/wish/356419467 We do all the same things and kept our language, we just watch US tv shows now too]]> 2019-05-02 22:28:39 UTC https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4/wish/356419467 https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4/wish/356419492 Not much at all. Occasionally we’d go to Asian markets and Filipino restaurants, but these actions were overshadowed by reminding me of my overtly African American identity ]]> 2019-05-02 22:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4/wish/356419492 We still cook traditional food and speak Spanish in our home https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4/wish/356419543 2019-05-02 22:29:07 UTC https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4/wish/356419543 constantly working towards middle-class American dream, double life in private vs. public spheres vinylvictoria02 https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4/wish/356419552 2019-05-02 22:29:12 UTC https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4/wish/356419552 https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4/wish/356419557 My family did not teach/pass down a lot of Caribbean culture.  Being second generation there’s so much of my own culture that I learn from other people from Trinidad and Tobago ]]> 2019-05-02 22:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4/wish/356419557 https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4/wish/356419580 Not really, grew up in a Caribbean neighborhood where I found a lot of my people. My mother makes sure I know how to cook cultural food. ]]> 2019-05-02 22:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4/wish/356419580 https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4/wish/356419709 learned the languages, but parents preferred english. also cooked food and celebrated the holidays]]> 2019-05-02 22:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/socohen/k8a4/wish/356419709