Topic > The importance of culture: the influence on the family and...

Very often we worry about not hurting the sensitivity of someone or an entire family, and perhaps doing more harm by not addressing these beliefs. If we don't address these core beliefs, we will fail to do what needs to be done for our communities. If we worry about popularity instead of being an effective person, we should think twice before dealing with stigma. Family has a huge impact on our lives, because it teaches us values ​​that society can cope with when we leave the family. However, this does not necessarily mean that we will carry these cultural values ​​throughout our lives. Little by little we grow, we are reaching new cultural experiences, but if we have emigrated from one country to another the impact is greater. This makes our environment a roulette of mixed cultures, where we gradually flirt with different people from cultures completely different from ours, and gradually adapt and learn from them, in the same way we share our cultural views with them . An example of this is Dee or Wangero from the story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker. This girl with her mother's sacrifice managed to get into a good school and left the family home. When he returned home, his appearance was no longer the same and his mother was surprised by his change. Out there he has met and experienced new cultures and is adapting to them. However, it did not completely erase it