Reference no: EM133492626
Introduction
What would you like to learn about being you from this project and course, specifically your religious (creed), ethnicity (country), and cultural identity (mono/inter)? Summarize your current perspective on religious, ethnic, and cultural identity in your own voice. What questions do you have about religion, ethnicity, and cultural identity? What information do you need to understand religious, ethnic, and cultural identity?
Earliest Memories of religious, ethnic, and cultural beliefs?
Think back to the earliest times you realized you had a religious, ethnic, and culturalbeliefs. It's okay if you don't remember all the exact details. Describe as much as you can about that experience here.
What did the experience detailed above teach you to think about your own contextual and cultural self? What does it mean to be a cultural/religious person in your everyday life - what are you unsure of? What are you clear about?
Identity Socialization
In your family, what were the stories, myths, stereotypes that you grew up with about religion, race, and nationality? What role did you think these stories, myths, stereotypes, assumptions, and thinking about culture, nationality, race, and religion played in your personal and group identity? Thinking about the earliest memories ofrealizing you had a religious, racial, or national/ethnic identity, write about the feelings you have as you remember this experience.
Identity Re-Socialization
Growing up in school, church, or other socio-cultural situations, what are the significant learnings you havegained from your relationships with friends and others that have challenged what you learned at home about your religious, racial, ethnic, or cultural identity?
What is the emotional cost of being under- or miseducated about religion, ethnicity, and culture? Explain what role people from diverse religious or ethnic backgrounds have in shaping your identityand mindset about culture
A Cultural Body Living in a Society of Difference, Diversity, and Globalization
Think about what is happening in national and global society recently, (i.e. migration, policing or court outcomes, Black Lives Matter,international and domestic conflicts, economic scarcity and disparity, climate threats, etc.)Additionally, if possible,reflect on any experiences you have had travelling outside of your home nation or culture. What is it like representing a categoryassociated with your body in a racialized and global society?