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Cultural Autobiography

The document describes the author's cultural background and upbringing. He has a mixed ethnic heritage including Filipino, Puerto Rican, French, and Irish. While he was exposed to some Hawaiian and Filipino influences through family, he did not strongly identify with any particular culture growing up. Religion also did not play a major role in his upbringing.

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Cultural Autobiography

The document describes the author's cultural background and upbringing. He has a mixed ethnic heritage including Filipino, Puerto Rican, French, and Irish. While he was exposed to some Hawaiian and Filipino influences through family, he did not strongly identify with any particular culture growing up. Religion also did not play a major role in his upbringing.

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Cultural Autobiography

Wesley Saladino
EDU 280
Dr. Joni Flowers

I am not sure where to begin but I am going to try. I do not have too much to say regarding
my own personal cultural background as it has not been a major factor in my life. My last
name is of primarily Italian and Arabic origin, but I can tell you that I am of Filipino/Puerto Ri-
can/French/Irish descent and most of my maternal family is from Hawaii. My Paternal side
lives mostly on the east coast and that is the French/Irish side. My Filipino/Puerto Rican side
is mostly Hawaii with some now residing in California. I was born in California but have lived
in Las Vegas since I was 2.
Growing up if there were any kind of influences on me, it would be the island style of Hawaii.
From food to general demeanor, my grandparents really had the laid-back nature of Hawaii,
and my mom would take me to events that featured Hawaiian dance, food, and music.
On the Filipino side, there was not much I could identify with growing up as Filipino. I recently
took Introduction to Tagalog for my language course and learned more about Filipino culture
in that class than I did growing up. Although, I did recall some things that were more part of
the culture after taking the class, but it was mostly food related. I tend to pick up more things
through media like movies or from comic Jo Koy.
I know it sounds weird, but I never really identified as a particular culture or nationality and I
have never been much of a religious person. I can say that we did identify as Roman Catholic,
but church was never much of something we went to. My grandmother would talk about
some things in relation to religion, but it was not any kind of influence for me or a require-
ment to attend anything.
I was taught the values of right, wrong, and how to be decent and proper. Discussing heritage
or culture just never seemed to manifest itself as a child or growing up. We just did things as
a family that did not have any significant cultural meaning. I am not sure if that is considered
good or bad, but it also made me never see anyone as a different person. I understood that
there were people who looked different, and I was always curious about that, but I never had
any bad thoughts about any other person.

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