Cultural Identity and Ethnic Hash

Which one of these statements shows your ethnic identity?

• My favorite color is green

• My birthday cake is always German Chocolate

• My family migrated from Peru

• My grandmother can whittle

Which item is NOT part of a person's invisible culture?

• Manners

• Traditions

• Beliefs

• Food

Which item shows a visible culture?

• Morals

• Beliefs

• Prayer

• Truths

If your mother is Chinese, what item is part of her heritage?

• Wearing her mother's necklace

• Driving red cars only

• Going to the grocery store on Tuesdays

• Celebrating Chinese New Year

This year, your mother has decided to start a brand new tradition! She's going to have everyone write each other a poem for their birthdays instead of giving out birthday cards. Is this a dynamic or static family culture?

• Dynamic

• Static

It has been thirty years since your first trip to your uncle's beach house for the summer. You still go. In fact, you take your own kids now and meet everyone in the family up there for summer breaks. You plan to keep going until the end of time. Does this make the beach house part of your static or dynamic culture?

• Static

• Dynamic

What aspects of cultures are invisible?

• food and drinks

• art and language

• family values and religious beliefs

• clothes

The total knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by members of a group.

• Culture
• society
• ethnic group
• innovation

What does the title "Ethnic Hash" suggest about Williams' cultural identity?

• That she is primarily of one lineage or descent.

• That she is a mixture or hodgepodge of various ethnicities

• That she is primarily of African American descent.

• That she identifies more with British and European heritage than American.

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Because we don’t often think about our own cultures,

• we can imagine ourselves existing within invisible webs of shared beliefs, values, etc.

• we don’t know anything about ourselves or our family history.

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