MY CULTURAL LENSES -Samuel Pierre, Edison

              My culture is the logic by which I give order to the world-Raymonde Carroll. If ever there was a statement drenched in truth, this it. Our culture has a huge part part of every decision we make. As a Haitian, I know firsthand the effects of my culture in my daily activities. When I was living in Haiti, the way we did things was normal to everybody else in the country. Once I moved to the United States, I noticed that though there were some similarities, there were just as many differences in how things were done. Initially, I was set in the ways I grew up with. Gradually, I found myself living the “American” way in some ways. Though many people of different backgrounds would want to ditch the recognition of their own culture and completely adopt the homogenous ways of American culture, I refused to succumb to that. Instead, I have found a balance. Though I find myself adapting to the social norm here, the way I was raised still guides everything I do, eat, wear, and say. The same is said for those who were born here but are of different cultural backgrounds. They were learning two cultures at once: One at home and the other as soon as they walked outside their door. My interpretation of this quote is this: My Haitian background is how I approach the world every day. This will never change no matter where I am and what I learn.

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