In 2011, Multicultural Week came in a sudden and unexpected blur of excitement. The only thing my naive freshman self knew was that for the first time, there was a huge variety of extremely good food on campus. In the span of four years, I've come to understand the significance of cultural coalition within our school. Food is definitely one component, but the overall theme is focused on taking pride in your heritage, and respecting and admiring that of others.
Many of us cannot dissociate our American side from our original culture. It is factually incorrect to say we are strictly American, but it is also wrong to say we are truly Chinese, Taiwanese, Vietnamese, Indian, etc. Most of us are united in our American upbringing (having grown up in California), and thus Multicultural Week is a time for students to celebrate all aspects of their cultural identity.
Many of us cannot dissociate our American side from our original culture. It is factually incorrect to say we are strictly American, but it is also wrong to say we are truly Chinese, Taiwanese, Vietnamese, Indian, etc. Most of us are united in our American upbringing (having grown up in California), and thus Multicultural Week is a time for students to celebrate all aspects of their cultural identity.
Yeah, I totally agree. I think at school we kind of forget each other's culture, though we might make a pass at it once in a while, it's nice to have a week dedicated to celebrate our different cultures.
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