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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