African American Cultural Heritage

My grandmother, my mother and I all have the same views on our racial/ethnic cultural heritage. We are proud to be African Americans but we do not deeply identify with our heritage. We are glad to be African Americans but our goal in life is to just be successful. We acknowledge our African American history to educate ourselves on ethnic culture, but we do not think heavily about our racial culture. This may be because we do not really have a specific African heritage that we can deeply identify with. The ways my grandmother, my mother, and I maintain and protect health, has some similarities and differences. We all maintain our spiritual health by going to church, praying, and reading the Bible. This gives us increased mental health, peace, strength, and the motivation to continue in life no matter what we are faced with. On the other hand, maintaining our medical health can be achieved in different ways. My grandmother’s parents gave her cod liver oil to help prevent her and her siblings from getting sick with colds. She hated taking this medicine and still remembers the taste to this day. She does not use it now but she does make sure that she is eating healthy, exercising often, and drinking water to maintain good health. My mom never had to

I took many of my restoration ideas from my mom, who took them from her mom. We use home remedies at first to try and restore our health to normal but if that does not work, we then make an appointment with the doctor. If I have a stuffed nose I will put Vics on my nose and chest. When I get a cold I eat garlic and rub garlic on my feet to help me restore my health. My grandmother, mother, and I also gargle warm water with pepper and vinegar to help with sore throats. These different home remedies are proven to work in my family. We also restore our spiritual and mental health by seeking God in the Bible, through prayer, and at