Ali's Life

Dear Amir:           I'm very happy for you, having the chance for a fresh start on the States. I care about you like my own son, and that is why I tell you this. You and my son have a good relationship, even though both are differnet in many ways especially in our religion. Let me give you and advice, think that culture define your identity on many positive ways, I think that your identity is a product of your personality Amir in the context of the culture you are in. Your personality is who you are inside, what you are usually calm and not much can anger you, is it easy for you to think logically, are you comfortable socially? These traits will always be the same, no matter where you grow up. This includes your talents. Think of your personality traits as the colours a painter can use. The culture you grow up in is like the medium you paint on. You can apply the same colours to a canvas, a piece of straighten...

Cultural influences have a lot to contribute to our development as human beings, it can lead us to a different perspective of life or it can deteriorate our knowledge. Our development during childhood is very important because were shown how to see people and learn from people that have more knowledge.  Our identity is influenced by our culture because when we are all born, we´re set to follow or learn from that certain culture, and as time goes on we are used to that culture´s features.  Our identity is also influenced by our culture and the way we act around our friends and family because a lot of people don't act the same around friends and family some people usually act quiet and scared while other act happy and excited. Culture helps us go through development and process in life and makes us change the way we think and act throughout time.  behavior can vary, most of the time culture influences don´t affect much on our behavior, it´s mostly a personal probl...

The way that our own culture can limit our perception of others, in my case I am a very modest person and I work as a servant of Baba. I am a very kind and good person. I really love my son Hassan, but it’s hard to express my emotions to him. Our life is hard, so I want to keep my son with a life that he deserves. We are poor, and I am an ethnic Hazara. By the way my life is and the way I see it, our culture can limit our perception of others because every culture is different, and some are more strict than others. Depending on your culture your perception of others can limit by not knowing exactly the other person and how he is. In my case we are poor, and I got abused a lot. Culture depends also in social classes, so I will say I am in the lower one. Polio affected me when I was a youth and I got severely damaged in one of my legs and suffer congenital paralysis of my lower facial muscles. The perceptions I have on others is kind of bad because people treat me bad and only because o...

Hi, my name is Ali. One day while I was walking through the street it came to my mind how opportunities may differ depending on one's ethnicity or religion. When I was young I was an orphan, but thankfully a grateful family adopted me. I met a beautiful woman and had a child with her. I loved her but unfortunately, she ran away when Hassan was born. I love my son Hassan I take good care of him. I think that there are a lot of opportunities in this world. If opportunities were based religion and ethnicity the whole world would be lost in jobs, business, in other countries, and etc. . . .  I know for being Hazara and that people don't like the ethnic and it’s harder for Hazaras to find jobs because of our Ethnic group and the beliefs that we follow and believe in. Being Hazaras is also not the worst thing in the world because there could be that one person that had his own business and can give you opportunities in our countries or even in his business. Being Hazara is a big part...