Multicultural_Matrix_and_Analysis

Multicultural Matrix and Analysis America. One would think America is the land of the free and the home of the brave. The all American dream' One would think the American dream is a concept accepted by all cultures achieved the same way through hard work, education, and good home base for support. Cultures are viewed different and have different perspectives on life through owns past and present experiences, stereotypes, advances, behaviors, and all of the things that define a culture in society. I am an African American, in my point of view we are a very diverse group with different shades of skin color, hair textures, shapes and sizes. Amazing one might say, but we were not always this way. African Americans were Africans at first we were brought here forcefully separated from our families and enslaved. That is a testament that one’s past does not define them and their futures. Now African Americans are doctors, lawyers, and politicians. It took a while for African Americans to advance but look at this country its run by Barack Obama the President of the United States. Talk about the trials and tribulations of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960 to the present, we are in the midst of major social advancement and acceptance. Other cultures are special in their own way as well. Muslim Americans, Asian Americans, and Hispanic Americans are a testament to how culture defines America. They came here and brought a different outlook on life, but that’s probably from their homeland because they haven’t been exposed to the “American Way”. Muslim, Asian, and Hispanic Americans family views, customs, and traditions are different. Some Muslim Americans pray five times a day to be closer to their god. One could look at this and say it is not accepted and looked at as abnormal behavior, but a Muslim would look at it as a tradition and their form of religion. Asian Americans are looked at as smart educated society. Society says that anyone who exceeds the normal is smart. Asian Americans pride themselves in hard work, exceeding the norm, and in some cases their government prides themselves in being better than other countries. Now in American society being better than the competition helps one to advance in the work force, or corporate world. What we view as behaviors, or traditions, or the pure drive to be the best as stereotypes. These are simply different culture identities that and outsider looking in couldn’t possibly understand, the different ways we talk, the god we pray to, the different food we eat, and all the different things that define each and every culture. What is America' It is a melting pot of a little of this and a little of that, but we all are in the land of the free and the home of the brave. We have the right to make our own choices, a little effort on everyone’s part we will see that we are not that different.