3. Culture
Define: attitudes, customs, beliefs, and values that separates one group
of people from another.
Differences: Language, Religion, Food, Music, Clothing etc.
Respect them
5. 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)
6. 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
7. Education
Education (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.”
8. 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.
10. 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
12. Cultural Identification
• What is cultural identification
• Detroit born Black male
• Identify with canadian culture
• Canadian Mother and
Grandparents
Things about that culture
13. Cultural Identification (Cont.)
• So what are the “Norms”?
• Everyone's culture is different
• We pull
Life is different, Life is understanding, Life is beautiful
Discipline in schools is different to now a days.
Growing up obedience and respect is very important. Taught to give high respect to our elders, paying attention, look in eyes, when they call you come immediately. “children are seen but not heard” OR “you speak if spoken to” Children are not allowed i grown folk conversation.
My mother’s time, punishment was a switch, my time, punishment are belts. Branches aren’t common anymore.
Nothing about a person anchors then into a certain culture
