Reflections on Culture by Aris Winger

Discussion Questions

ariswinger — 2024-06-14 00:54:02 UTC

When were you first aware of yourself as a member of a particular cultural group?
When were you first aware of people from other cultural? Do you remember which cultures?
When did you first witness or experience someone being treated differently because of their cultural group?
When was a time that you were proud of your cultural identity?
When was a time you realized that you would be treated differently because of your culture?
What is one other significant event in your life related to culture?

In pre school because I went to a school that was in my culture.

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Cultural group

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It was probably as a child in church.

fairly young

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my dad is an immigrant, although he can speak without an accent he is fluent in Spanish and promoted his culture at home

Awareness

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I don't know.

Early in school

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Probably when I started public school in Kindergarten.

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Elementary school age when visiting friends' houses.

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Probably in church

When I was in elementary school.

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2nd grade

sherrillechapman — 2024-06-17 17:58:26 UTC

When I went to college and realized that other people that looked like me did not necessarily have the same culture as me.

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5 years old

4 years old when my family spent time down south

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Early in school and church

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I went to a small private school which was connected to my church

When I started to sound like my grandma

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Elementary School

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Chruch, sports, camps

middle school

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As long as I can remember because I am a grand daughter of a Holocaust Survivor.

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in elementary school we celebrated different cultures

labeled as Hispanic in church and school before understanding that identity - not very common in the area I grew up. I learned other people's meaning of my ethnicity before I truly understood it on my own

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At a church my dad went to when I was about middle school age

misha3670 — 2024-06-17 17:58:49 UTC

High School

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I grew up around mostly black people. I never thought as myself being different in many ways. Then I went to a private high school that was predominantly white and I felt different for the first time

My neighborhood

marblelashonda323 — 2024-06-17 17:58:53 UTC

I lived in a very diverse neighborhood

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As a child once I realized that everyone did not have the same Christmas traditions that my family did

visiting someone else's home and seeing how they did some things differently than our own family did

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KDG

sherrillechapman — 2024-06-17 17:58:57 UTC

Police profiling

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I was pulled out of class and interrogated about drugs by Kenyan police because I had long hair and was American (and 12 years old)

In catholic elementary school...

down5 — 2024-06-17 17:59:01 UTC

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elementary school

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During Elementary School

I'm proud everyday. Scared a lot. But proud.

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When were you 1st aware..

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Preschool or a little earlier? my dads side is Italian and moms side is Polish/ Russian

When I went to church with my friends.

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Dance Class

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I realized by going to dance class how there are differences between city and country people

Big K....had sleep over at my Spanish friends house - her mom never spoke english

greneal — 2024-06-17 17:59:13 UTC

being the only one at camps in Florida

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2nd grade

sherrillechapman — 2024-06-17 17:59:18 UTC

Elementary School

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When I first started dating my now wife.

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After learning about the Holocaust

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elementary school- we had to dress up as different cultures---- may be frowned upon now

First time

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4 years old

We lived in Amsterdam

I realized that we are super different

My parents sat me down and had the "this is how you interact with police" chat

derfjackson — 2024-06-17 17:59:26 UTC

Other cultures

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When I first started school, there were other cultures there.

Big K

greneal — 2024-06-17 17:59:30 UTC

Kindergarten / White

misha3670 — 2024-06-17 17:59:31 UTC

My culture

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I was first aware of my culture, African American, when I was in elementary school. My school did a great job of showing us and making us research the contributions of African Americans to the history of America.

In elementary school when playing sports. They always wanted to play soccer.

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What is happening right now.

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all my life

sherrillechapman — 2024-06-17 17:59:36 UTC

Treated differently

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At school

Camps, youth symphony orchestra

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Proud

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When someone recognized that I am a Christian without me saying it. It was in my actions.

Kinder

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middle school

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we had ONE African American student and I remember a TEACHER making a racist comment towards them in class

When I first moved to the USA, I began to notice that people are treated differently. In my home country, where people share similar cultures and religions, such differences were not as apparent

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When I was in an interracial relationship.

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in 2nd grade

Pre-school

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Celebrated other cultures through literature, dance, celebrations.

Proud

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I don't know.

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In college

When I was an adult and went to a a baby shower

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School

marblelashonda323 — 2024-06-17 18:00:11 UTC

My teacher used to always make comments about my hair being "different."

TV

derfjackson — 2024-06-17 18:00:11 UTC

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Elementary School

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parents making comments about migrants - I was lower elementary, and I my parents revealed prejudices

My oldest son was in high school his school was on Opera because of the racial tension between whites and blacks

misha3670 — 2024-06-17 18:00:17 UTC

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Moved to a predominantly black community near Hamtramck. Two years later several Italian families moved nearby. It was actually really cool.

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3rd grade- a small elementary school that was primarily white and we went on a field trip and one of our students was made fun of

Cultural group

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From childhood

watching roots

sherrillechapman — 2024-06-17 18:00:26 UTC

Early elementary

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One of my friends was hispanic and I was able to see her culture when spending the night at her house

Treated differently

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In college

Elementary School. My parents owned rental properties and shared their reluctance to rent to cultural groups besides our own.

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During middle school and high school. I experienced European and Asian culture.

TV

derfjackson — 2024-06-17 18:00:30 UTC

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Because most of my identities are "non-marginalized" or "privileged", I don't think I really thought about my culture until I was older and identified with a particular cultural

minority subset.

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From I very early age my dad was not born in America

Only when I was in grade 4 we had a self survey about ourselves. Till then I thought everyone are from the same religion.

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Second grade

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Went to Catholic school

6th(?) grade country projects

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got to research and talk about my families heritage

Other Cultures

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2nd grade my good friend was a different culture than me, high school was most prevalent when my friend who is Muslim introduced me to her culture

Undergraduate

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During my undergraduate studies I was very aware of my culture and it was the first time I was treated different because of my culture.

Preschool

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I was aware of being a part of more than one culture. I went to muslim school in presechool - 1st grade then regular school 1st grade and attended a baptist church with my grandmother during the same time.

HR incident

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I was told someone I worked with was offended by something I said. I was never told what I said and I felt terrible, but I wish I they had told me so I could apologize and correct myself.

High School

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My schooling had been segregated my entire life until High School. High School was the first-time low expectations was tolerated on a large scale and was expected to occur.

traveling

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When Obama became president

derfjackson — 2024-06-17 18:01:07 UTC

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Moved to a predominantly black community near Hamtramck. Two years later several Italian families moved nearby. It was actually really cool.

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Middle school

School

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I went to elementary school with a lot of different cultures and ethnic groups. I went to school with death and blind students as well.

being part of my church environment

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Always been proud of my culture because of my mom and Aunties made us aware and proud to be who we were

misha3670 — 2024-06-17 18:01:17 UTC

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I have always witnessed someone being treated differently because of the time I was born.

When I as very young at the Puerto Rican day parades :) I was able to see professional singers and some athletes.

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I went to a school that eventually had a huge Arab American population. We had a few Arab Americans in my grade but I didn't even realize until I was much older and there were a lot more Arab Americans. I didn't think of those students as having a different culture until there were more of them. I don't think my school did a good job of amplifying different cultures

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elementary school because I went to school with mostly white students.

Significant event

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Moving to Michigan/Detroit

High School/College

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attending church

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In high school I studied Spanish and was fascinated with other cultures.

3 grade

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All the time

marblelashonda323 — 2024-06-17 18:01:55 UTC

I am always aware of my culture. Being a mom of an African American young man makes me aware of my culture all the time. Constantly thinking and praying for his safety.

Sociology class in college and Youth experiences growing up

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When I started school

In first grade when we celebrated and learned about BHM

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I am always proud of my cultural identity, largely because I don't let the media influence me

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Marriage

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My husband-to-be is Nigerian and I am white. We are navigating a multi-cultural wedding and life for ourselves and our future.

Walking through any store and was followed by store employees...

derfjackson — 2024-06-17 18:02:14 UTC

From 5 years old when I came back to Belarus, kids on the playground were sure that I do not speak their language, they were mean

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learned to be more proud of my identity in undergrad when I met more people who shared it and was part of the founding of an organization to link more of us together

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elementary school

teaching

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when I started teaching in a very diverse school and have learned so much from it

Proud

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Sharing stories of my grandparents' heritage (Norwegian on one side and Czech on the other side)

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To be totally honest I was always taught to be proud of who I am and my culture.

Moving to different states as an adult. Even within the mid-west the culture is so different.

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Went to Bemidji Minnesota for job training

misha3670 — 2024-06-17 18:02:47 UTC

When I spoke Spanish in front of people who did not speak it. People treat me different because some get upset because they think I am talking about them.

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next generation

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My daughter attends a primarily African American and Hispanic Preschool and her appreciation of cultures is better than most adults and I LOVE IT!!! Give me hope!!!

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In school

when I started at chart school in 4th grade

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When in middle school, students got scholarships because they were from the lower community. The country where I grew up had casteism which minority castes who are not treated the same as me.

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In one workplace, I believe my colleagues appreciate my different culture

Teaching at an Arabic high school

misha3670 — 2024-06-17 18:03:24 UTC

When I realized that a lot of people are saying antisemitic remarks to my classmates

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Teaching at a school with many different cultures

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I am surrounded by students and faculty from such a wide range of cultures

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In church

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Unfortunately I remember my Grandpa making derogatory comments about other cultures and that is the first time I remember someone treating others differently because of culture.

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middle school maybe ? not sure

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My parents and older siblings made sure that I understood how I could be treated differently because of my race/culture.

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Moved to a predominantly black community near Hamtramck. Two years later several Italian families moved nearby. It was actually really cool. We all ate different foods, spoke English differently, and listened music. I didn't experience the ugliness directed to our differences until I left for high school.

I feel proud of my culture identity every single time when someone asks me my background.

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Always.

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6th grade when a teacher referred to my class (predominantly black school) as "you people"

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Teaching

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Making sure all of my students have an appreciation of their culture.

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Seeing my friends of color being treated different than me from authority figures was really shocking/ disappointing in late middle school early high school

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School

all my life

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Teaching

Study Abroad

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A lot of Ecuadorians did not think I was American because I did not have blonde hair and blue eyes because that is what they saw on TV as "American". Those that looked more "American" would receive benefits from Ecuadorians.

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Getting a job at a firm and being the only woman and the only person of color. Told I was a "two-for."

Christmas Traditions

afrench98 — 2024-06-17 18:11:07 UTC

Always

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When I moved to United states of America and I was treated differently because of my color and the country I am coming from.

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