Cultrally Abstract

Cultrally Abstract

Personally, I cannot explain my culture. I know I'm more than one dominant ethnithicy, however it's not very important in the eyes of others, and apparently I've adopted that way of thinking. I hail from German roots from both my Mother & Father's side of the faimly, yet we don't hold any traditons concerning it. Our family has been cultrally diffused into becoming the typical middle classed family. Yet I still feel anxious when people ask me what I am. I want to say my faimly's from Germany, but all I can say is "I'm Black" Plain and simple.

However, I've done a pretty good job of following my parent's dominant heritage. I understand the struggles they went through growing up and respect them for it, yet I don't feel that's the world we live in anymore. Don't get me wrong, segregration, racism, and hatred will continue to exist in our society, but not to the same extent of being shot for what you believe in. And because of the sacrafices made by others of my ethithicy, I can't be anything but proud of who, and what I am without disrespecting their legacy.

When it my time comes to teach my kids about our culture. I want them to understand that who we are as parents, should not define who they are as people, but they should look to understand us as people to better understand themselves.