CultureFoster Grandparents: June 16, 2016Brian Bahena, Brittany Jones, Ekiuwa Imariagbe, Pierre Collins, Theresa Atanoa

Culture

Define: attitudes, customs, beliefs, and values that separates one group

of people from another.

Differences: Language, Religion, Food, Music, Clothing etc.

Respect them

Examples of Different Cultural Norms

Food

• Describe your food culture?

o What type of foods do you eat?

o How is it prepared?

o Is there a specific way or time to eat it?

• Food is one of the most important things in

our everyday life.

• Culture influences food (includes food

preparation practices and the way in which

we eat)

Huevos en salsa verde (Eggs in green salsa)

Discipline

Definition: (n) the practice of training people to obey rules; using punishment to

correct disobedience.

Think back to how discipline was practiced in your household..

Varies across cultures:

❏ Time outs

❏ Loss of privileges

❏ Lectures

❏ Gain additional work

❏ Spankings

EducationEducation (n): the process of

receiving or giving systematic

instruction, especially at a school

or university.

• Nigerian born parents

o Edo State, Benin City

“Coming to America Dream”

“What you didn’t achieve we want

you guys to achieve, we want

education to push you there.”

Education (cont)

• In America being a person of

color was “one strike” against us.

o Always wanted us to be

better and to achieve

greater.

• Dad felt that education was the

key to success - it’s the only tool

that I had control over.

o Building future generations

of educated families.

Samoa

Aiga “Family”

“Typical Family”

Are all families the same? Do families from different cultures do the same thing?

❖ Norms: An accepted standard or a way of behaving or doing things that most people agree with

Samoan Household:

• Extended Love• Men cook & clean• Women’s activities included

sewing, weaving mats, child care

• The elders are required to eat first while the children wait

Traditional way of cooking food

Health Practices

Health practices varies among different cultures..

Cultural Identification

• What is cultural identification

• Detroit born Black male

• Identify with canadian culture

• Canadian Mother and

Grandparents

Things about that culture

Cultural Identification (Cont.)• So what are the “Norms”?

• Everyone's culture is different

• We pull

Life is different, Life is understanding, Life is beautiful

Questions and Answers