Assignment

Who am I and what makes me unique?

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Who am I and what makes me unique?

My Cultural Existence and My Interests

I belong to a middle-class Caucasian Family in North Carolina. North Carolina is the 28 largest state of the United States of America in terms of area. Its population density is high as well. It is situated on the east coast of the States.

The culture existence of North Carolina reveals that the common white people and the planters were usually having clashes that shaped the class system of North Caroline ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"hjGKXRTW","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Cecil-Fronsman, 1992)","plainCitation":"(Cecil-Fronsman, 1992)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":204,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/LY9XXHSK/items/8J29DKTP"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/LY9XXHSK/items/8J29DKTP"],"itemData":{"id":204,"type":"book","title":"Common Whites: Class and Culture in Antebellum North Carolina. University Press of Kentucky.","author":[{"literal":"Cecil-Fronsman"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["1992"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Cecil-Fronsman, 1992).I grew up in one of those white middle-class family and am the fourth out of six children. My race, “Caucasian” is usually used to refer to white people in the United States but this word belongs to the 18th century European Science that explains racial classification. The European used to consider this race as the ideal human type in God’s eyes ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"E7dH7EXs","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(MOSES, 2017)","plainCitation":"(MOSES, 2017)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":205,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/LY9XXHSK/items/H6NGWH7Y"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/LY9XXHSK/items/H6NGWH7Y"],"itemData":{"id":205,"type":"article-journal","title":"Why Do We Keep Using the Word “Caucasian”?","author":[{"family":"MOSES","given":"YOLANDA"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2017",2,1]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (MOSES, 2017). Nothing of those characteristics of being the idea race reveal in my personality as I was born in a new century within a family who has minority Christian beliefs.

I like to spend more time in my little world of imaginations. I, therefore, prefer to read science fictions and research about fantasies. Am also a technology freak, I spend more of my time playing video games and watching films that involve advanced technology, and robotics. I want to improve my social circles so I am trying to build this energy by watching a film so that I won’t be lost in my own niche. Am also interested in a classic film like that of Lawrence of Arabia and am also a fan of the modern filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino. I want to expand my area of influence, as am being prejudiced due to my conservative cultural background. So my cultural background and my family set up influence me to become who I am.

Implicit Association Tests and My Personality

The test shows a high cultural intelligence CITATION Com18 \l 1033 (Common Purpose, 2018).This result clearly shows that I have no preference to either African American or European American. For me, humanity matters not the color of their skin. I was not aware of others culture in my high school but then I got a chance to volunteer with Latino Community that boost up my enthusiasm to understand other culture as well. Today I not only understand but also accept others existence.

I worked as a recruiting manager for a subcontractor, I used this information in my workplace in a way that I recruited Latino community as I was used to that group of people. I will work for the right and duties of people belonging to any culture whenever I get a platform to work again.

The test shows I have no racial biases (Plous, 2018). But I think that men should be working and women are taking care of the home. The test shows that I have a different interpretation of the role of genders. For me women can take better care of the household and men can better be doing jobs to feed the household. I will have to be careful while dealing with my female coworkers, I won’t be biased against them at the workplace. I usually try to improve my rating in my workplace ten my coworkers but I will not assume a female coworker as less capable than me.

I learned from this assignment that is a person who is interested in learning about other culture and is a diversity lover. I also got to know that I have a different interpretation of gender’s role in the workplace. But I will build up my understanding in this regard as well. Hopefully, I will reach a point where I will accept that both genders need to treat the same in the workplace. I will engage myself in a project that will work for gender and racial equality in the workplace So that I could have an in-depth understanding of both the indicators.

I am not surprised by any of the results because at this stage of my life I have experienced to interact with different cultures and I have worked with both male and female coworkers that have built my imagination regarding the capability of females in the workplace.

References

ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Cecil-Fronsman. (1992). Common Whites: Class and Culture in Antebellum North Carolina. University Press of Kentucky.

MOSES, Y. (2017). Why Do We Keep Using the Word “Caucasian”?

BIBLIOGRAPHY Plous, S. (2018, April 26). UnderstandingPrejudice.org: Implicit Association Test. Retrieved from UnderstandingPrejudice.org: http://www.understandingprejudice.org/iat/

Purpose, C. (2018, April 26). CQ Test | Knowledge Hub | Common Purpose. Retrieved from Common Purpose: Cross-Boundary Leadership: https://commonpurpose.org/knowledge-hub/all-articles/what-is-cultural-intelligence/cq-test