What specific cultural norms, values and beliefs were you taught while you were growing up?

Question

I need to interview some one who has a different racial/ethnic background as mine (anyone who isn't African-American) for a Sociology course I am taking. Please answer the following;
1.How do you identify yourself racially?
2.What were you taught about your race/ethnicity?
3.How highly was education valued in your home?
4.What were you taught about family?
5.What early lessons did you learn about what was expected in terms of behavior?
6.What is a unique trait about the culture you were raised in?
7.What values in your home while growing up?
8.How important was spirituality in you family? How was it practiced?
9.How was the issue of racism address in your home?
10.What type work ethic was modeled for your?

Answer 1

1. I'm Hawaiian, Filipino, Puerto Rican, and Portuguese.
2. That being Hawaiian is very special. Not everyone is Hawaiian.
3. Education is valued very highly in my home.
4. Family is valued very very highly in my family. It's always about family.
5. To behave in public and act accordingly.
6. The hawaiian culture is always part of our lives and always respect the land and it's people.
7. Family, family, family.
8. Religion is a huge part of our family. We always got to church on Sundays.
9. In Hawaii there is no such thing as racism. Very little racism. If any. Who am I going to be racist against? Myself? It wouldn't make any sense. Everyone is ethinically mixed that it's hard to be racist.
10. To work hard and the rewards is a consequence of working so hard. And to never give up.

Answer 2

1. Caucasian
2. Nothing, I'm surrounded by white people where I live.
3. My parents encouraged me to do my best at school and gave me many resources to further my education if I wanted too.
4. My parents taught me talking and communicating with those you love is very important. They also taught me about acceptance.
5. I was taught to show respect to elders from an early age, to use the words please and thank you all the time and to speak politely. It will get you a long way in life I have discovered.
6. Honestly, nothing.
7. Don't steal, don't lie, make your bed every morning.
8. I was encouraged to make my own beliefs when it comes to spirituality and religion.
9. My family is very laid back and accepting of all people, all races etc, so this has continued on with me.
10. To work hard, put in 110% and save some of your pay check! My parents have always been hard workers, so to me that's natural.

Answer 3

I'd be glad to try to help you out.

1. White.
2. Um...frankly, nothing in particular.
3. It was the epitome of all achievements.
4. Surprisingly, next to nothing.
5. If we did wrong, we were lectured (at length).
6. Well, some of the foods we ate were distinctly Germanic in origin (sliced tomatoes with sugar; milktoast; baked sauerkraut; stewed fruit; etc.)
7. I'd say, honesty; respect; thrift; industry.
8. We were Lutherans, and attended church 2 hours a week.
9. It was flatly not tolerated. We were admonished not to say hurtful things about others, or to pre-judge anyone.
10. Work was considered not only an obligation, but a person's primary and defining aspect.

I guess it sounds as if I grew up in some grim, punative home, but it was anything but! It was a lively home, full of music and learning.

Answer 4

I'm an american breed 2, nothing 3, a place where we could be while mom worked. 4, take care of your brother and sister. 5, do what mom says or get the belt. 6, moving was a way of life. 7. don't get busted. 8, I was raised a catholic but at age 7 realized I was being lied to.Spent next 35 years searching for name of what I really believed. 9. never was brought up. 10,what ever you do, do it right or do it over.

Answer 5

To respect everyone but fear no one.
That every person is somehow related in that they have
been created/and or evolved (please do not argue here) the
same.
That we live once and we die once....and in between the challenge is to live well with what you have...yet strive to be better....do never lose hope.
That hopelessness is worse than homelessness.
That Love may not cure all....but is a good beginning.
That we cannot expect others to respect us if we have only caused them pain.
That charity, modesty, forgiveness are all present in everyone...even those we do not like....
and much more...but this will do now...

Answer 6

1. Caucasian or Europian/Native American
2. I am not "white" but of European descent, particularly Germany, which my mother learned how to speak in High School in southern California, which I unfortunately have not had the opportunity to do.
3. Education is very highly valued. My mother received her four-year college degree in Computer Science and helped design the flight simulation for the B-2 Bomber when it was first designed and my father is a Sergeant in San Dimas sheriffs dept. My brother is going to college across the country to become an aerospace engineer to work with NASA and i am preparing to enroll in a four-year university for a five-year Bachelor of Architecture degree to hopefully become a licensed architect.
4. I was taught the importance of staying in touch with family. From very young, I realized how sad and upset my mother would become when, no matter how often she called, her siblings would not call her back or try to find times to get together.Subsequently, I have many "aunts and uncles and cousings" who are not actually related to me, but are family in the sense that we share our lives with each other and we interact more than we do with our extended family, despite attempts to do so.
5. I learned, through my brothers' mistakes, that I was not to talk back, not to throw things, including food :D, to clean my room when asked to, and to respect my elders, including using Mr and Mrs. I also learned that I was expected to laugh and smile, because otherwise everyone got worried.
6. I do not know what is unique, other than my mother has not worked since my brother was about five years old, which seems to be not so common in suburban California, where one pay check does not support the growing costs of a household. As a family, we are verymoney-conscious, as my mom has always cut coupons, which she learned from her mom, and which my dad gets upset about when she forgets to do so.
7. As a Christian, all the values of the Ten Commandments were enforced, which basically covers the basis of everything in my family, excluding trying your very best in everything you pursue.
8. Spiritality is the basis of my family. We try live out our beliefs in everything we do, say, and strive for. We attend church every Sunday, often more than one service due to "Bible Studies" for couples or high school and colleges students. I also attend a bible study during the week for high school, as does my mom, but my dad is generally working when the weekly bible studies are set. My mom is in charge of Vacation Bible School at my church, as well as the Country Fair as a alternative to scary masks and such on Halloween for all of the neighborhood children to come and play games and enjoy themselves in a safe environment. We are highly participatory in my church.
9. I dont think it has every really been addressed, for it has never been a problem. I have friends of all ethnicities and they all come over and hang out whenever with no individual objections by my parents based on race, although perhaps because of something they did or said a time before which my parents did not approve of. I have never had a boyfriend, so I do not know how that would be handled, but I do not think race would be an issue.
10. Work. that is my work ethic. Essentially, work ten minutes longer than when you thought you were going to fall over, or you will never get stronger, either physically or mentally. Do not stress about something, just think about it logically and get to it. School is my work right now, and I have taken almost every hard class offered at my school, but I chose to take regular LA instead of AP because I and my parents knew college applications would take up that time. I work until I cannot work so that I can have time to relax and play.

Answer 7

one million. that is rude to scare the infants, honey. 2. all people loves a picanic basket, booboo. 3. i'm a undergo, that is alright to roam around bare, rub my *** against a tree and chew the heads off fish. Cuz i'm a undergo.