For three years, I lived in a country that wasn't my own, I started to adapt to it, and I adjusted to it as my new culture. My breakfast now is Mac Donald, lunch is Subways, it is no longer the rice which is the main meal for Vietnamese people. Sometime, I thought that I lost my own culture. However, after learning the section about "Identity Culture", I realized that my own culture wasn’t melted. I just adapted to a new culture and learned a new way to lived. It reminded me that I am Vietnamese, and the Vietnamese culture would always be in my blood, whatever happens.

BRASIL,MY BRASIL

Those pictures that I selected for my poster is very simple and important to me . I choose some pictures just to show that BRASIL is not just carnaval,that we have another passions and celebrations very important to us. Including pictures about Brasil I selected two of my favorites holidays that I added to my life style here:Halloween and Thanksiving ,I really enjoy and appreciate celebrate holidays like that is very fun and happy .

Hi Friends This is Radha

From this culture identity unit I learned the idea of melting pot and the salad bowl. Melting pot meant people try to mix in with each other and they all have same identity. It was used to be like that my years ago. But not any more people defend America as salad bowl. People want to keep their identity, like you can tell difference among people so easily. And I also learned that how people judge other people based on same race. After reading the story about “public enemy” I know how other people fell when they are judge as bad people when they are not.

Cultural Identity

What is the cultural identuty? In the United States has many culture. I had never though about the another culture before I came here. When I came here, I met many different culture. I believe I am lucky because i had a change to know others culture. Also Turkish people make festival every summer. We make our food, coffee and dance show to people. Many people come to see and taste tem. Also in popular culture class is going to help for getting deeply to understand other culture.

Hi everbody!!! I am Burcu Yildiz. In my poster, I wanted to show some of pictures from Turkey and Turkish's culture.

When I prepare my poster, i thought I should show some main point in Turkish poeple's life.I believe those are food, beverage, traditional events and mosque.

In this part, I put one of important mosque here. it is important because of its history. Also I put some famous food. Their name is Baklava and Kebap.

In those picture are about how English is important in my life and tea. Tea is my indispensable because tea is growing in my father's homewotn. in addition we are drinking tea alot of.

Also, I put one of important event picture from Turkey.This is important for Turkish girls. When Turkish girls are getting married before they make traditional event. We call Henna Night. We put henna bride's hand while we are singing special song.

And, we have speacial coffee.This is coming from Ottoman Empire. We drink usually after the dinner it.

I wanted to show every details all of you guys. Those are famous thing from Turkey.

"Cultural Identity"

"Cultural Identity"
The most important thing that I learned on this section,"Cultural Identity" is that every one has a different cultures, but not because of that someone is better than others. I leaned that when we come to this country, we maybe felt that we are not on home or we are felt that we are not on home or we are strange on many culture that why is the country of "Salad bowl". Also I love the idea of how other cultures people participated in others culture event and how we mix our culture with other culture. After read this section I felt more comfortable.

When we were born, we didn't know what our nationality is and what our culture is. By education, we have been realizing it; where I am and who I am in this world little by little. Every nation has their own culture and identity. It could seem very interesting or it could not. However, I see this thing on the other way. Every culture is special and precious regardless of human's viewpoint, I think. God made and gave each of us the same happiness and same goodness for our life. Even though we are looked very different, we are actually same in this world, on the planet Earth, as a human being. In terms of that, to learn other culture is very worthwhile. On this mean, this work helped us to understand not only American culture but other countries' culture and our own culture&identity going one step further.