Francisco Week 6 blog

In the article, Cultural Identity and Diaspora, the idea of “cultural identity” was discussed and how it is not so black and white. Asian Americans according to the article as seen as the “model minority” and how there are certain expectations of them. As someone who is from another community I can speak to the way others see Asian American. In our eyes we see them as the ones who are good at math, study all the time, and in school set the curve. Now that I have had the opportunity to discuss family and society expectations with many of my friends, I have noticed that we share similar things in terms of expectations. In the Latino community like the Asian American community we are expected to graduate, be doctors or lawyers. Both Asian Americans and Latino students feel the pressure from society of having to excel and represent no only themselves, but their community as well. In this process many of us forget or distance ourselves from our culture. The one thing we need to remember is that our culture and our family culture helps shape us into who we are.

Question: How different could one’s experience be if they stay connected to their culture 100% to somebody who distance or even “abandoned” their culture and lived by the “American Culture”?

Citation: 

Hall, Stuart. “Cultural Identity and Diaspora.” Identity: Community, Culture, Difference. Jonathan Rutherford. London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1990. p. 222-237. Print.