length: 465 words 1.3 double spaced pages multifaceted background university of illinois writing a self reflective tirade is perhaps one of the most difficult tasks to perform. I have found myself pondering this topic for an unusually long time no one has ever asked me to write about my culture the one thing about myself which i understand the least. This question which is so easy for others to answer often leads me into a series of convoluted explanations, i was born in the u.s. My brothers moved to the us when i was thirteen i am now nearly twenty, which means i have spent half my life being pakistani, the other half trying to be american, or is the other way around? i do not consider myself paki american. Although by birthright, i am american , and i am not quite up to par with the american way of life. So what does all this have to do with my culture, what does a label really matter to cultural identity? it matters much.

I believe that this seemingly trivial confusion over labels reveals the even greater confusion that surrounds my cultural identity: am i a bridge between these two multifaceted cultures, or have i become a mosaic displaying colors from here and there, and elsewhere too? perhaps both, and i could be a colorful bridge, or perhaps neither. Whatever the case, i cannot seem to separate these absolutely disparate realities within me. Their forces are still clashing, coming together within me, creating a wonderful confusion out of me. I believe that to truly analyze my culture, the roots of this confusion must be explored. Being bi cultural has placed me in a perplexing portal between two separate worlds, with their own unique ideology, thinking, traditions and way of life. It helps me understand the relationship that exists between such cultures and how they differ. I have derived from such experiences, the art of diplomacy, and a sense of understanding.

length: 1561 words 4.5 double spaced pages people have long assumed that university is the home of the educated and open minded people. The public believes university students can deal with the cultural differences of human beings. The public believes students can deal with these differences because university students are exposed to a wide range of academic subjects including humanities. The public expects these subjects to aid university students in understanding cultural differences.use of cultural differences should be emphasized in the universities. These differences should be emphasized not to humiliate or disgrace people but to influence students to accept and acknowledge cultural differences. The world is a complex mixture of people with diverse languages, skin tones, and cultural differences.

Exposing these differences in universities and colleges should not be the source any problems. In fact, exposing these differences should help people understand and at times lend a hand to disadvantaged college students. Disadvantaged college students are the majority in college today, were yesterday, and will be tomorrow. At times disadvantaged college students feel ashamed of their cultural background. Disadvantaged college students feel ashamed because they feel other people will put them down. Concerning shame because of social conditions, bell hooks says that class differences were boundaries no one wanted to face or talk about 95. Learning about the class neighbor s cultural background, may perhaps help understand that neighbor s personality.

Commenting on cultural background, mike rose depicts the life of a guatemalan boy having trouble in school. The university is the assemblage of learned men, zealous for their own sciences, and rivals of each other, are brought, by familiar intercourse and for the sake of intellectual peace, to adjust together the claims and relations of their respective subjects of investigation 49 , claims john henry newman. Accepting and understanding disadvantaged college students differences is a component of college intellects.

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There are college students who come from cultural backgrounds such as the guatemalan boy s. The habits of a college student with this type of background will be different from other college students. Exposing these types of cultural differences to the public will aid in understanding the attitudes of a group of people. Exposing the differences can also help appreciate these differences food, clothing, language, and music. Not exposing cultural differences can also cause disadvantaged college students to acquire the mindset of the dominant few. Emphasizing said statement, bell hooks says we gradually assume a mindset similar to those who dominate and oppress, that we lose critical consciousness because it is not reinforced or affirmed by the environment 98.