CULTURAL IDENTITY

By: Jayne Hottenstein

American Cultural Values

Independence Individualism/ Privacy Power and Control Perfectionism Sense of Urgency Equality

Values of Dominate Culture/ German (West Bend, Wisconsin)

Education credibility social status level of employment a person may reach

depends on his educational achievement.  craftsmanship and technology.

Cultural Dominate Cont.

Manners politeness and courtesy are ways of showing respect.  Boundaries are drawn through social distance, eye

contact, touch, and facial expressions. 

Punctuality disturbs their sense of order and is seen as rude keeping to the schedule

Religion Lutheran Protestant (45%) Roman Catholic (37%). 

Family Values

Hard Working You will only succeed as to hard you try.

Religion Apart from God you will have nothing

Honesty Never Lie Always follow through with what you say

Loyalty Show love and support to your friends and family Respect others

Hospitality Make people feel welcome so, they will want to return

again

Race

Dominantly European and German Ethnicity.

Light Skinned Female Heterosexual Non-Married Divorced Single Mom

Institutions

St John’s Lutheran Church Baptized, Confirmed, Raised

Community Church Republican MPTC Technical College

Certified Child Care Nursing AODA

Religious Values and Traditions Word of God is True Truth Equality

No one is righteous not one Do not Judge Love all even those who hate you

Holidays New years Easter 4th of July Halloween Christmas

Socio-Economic Status

Blue Collar – Middle Class

Who am I ? Summery

Every part of my being stems from some part of my cultural experience, as did my parents, and the generations before.

As a child I developed values and morals from my family, who most influenced me.

As a older child the dominating societies had effects and confirmed my parents values to be true.

In adolescents America’s values impacted me. Everything listed in the power point is who I am. Now in adulthood, I do hold true to these values and moral;

however, with education I realize they are not always what they appear.

There is a lot of biases and unjustness to which the influences occurred, and do not apply to everyone even if they are societies beliefs.

For this reason I challenge myself to be open-minded. I realize that each individual will encompass their own identity from

their unique cultural environment.