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Kasia Suarez Losing Sight Of Your Cultural Identity

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Cultural identity is the sense of identification with or belonging to a particular group established in diverse cultural categories, including nationality, ethnicity, race, gender, and religion. Many individuals experience confusion about cultural identity when leaving their home country or visiting after not being surrounded by culture for a long time. In the video, "losing sight of your cultural identity.” Author, Ph.D. Kasia Suarez explains her struggle with cultural identity after coming to America, and how she embraces her own culture.

Initially, Dr. Kasia Suarez mentioned that she would not speak her native language because children would taunt her. For example, she explained how bullying caused her to become extremely closed off from her peers and shy. Dr. Kasia Suarez would often observe her classmates and their culture, but she would be ashamed of herself. "Losing sight of your cultural identity" (2:04) The author may have added this to the reason for Dr.Kasia Suarez's shyness …show more content…

Kasia Suarez discusses the process of acquiring her culture without a constant feeling of embarrassment because of bullying from her peers. For instance, she began attending college classes for education in the field and became more open-minded about the different cultures in the American educational system to help her have a wider perspective on culture. Soon after became a teacher and assisted children who were unfamiliar with English or the country, such as herself, when she was growing up. She was very helpful because she went through the same thing and learned from it as she grew up. This helps different students facilitate their sense of belonging and pride in their culture. "Losing Sight of your Cultural Identity '' (5:28). The author may have intended to illustrate how Dr. Kasia Suarez will affect future children who are experiencing the same things as she did, but the only difference is that they have someone to help them at a young age, and she did

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