Cultural identity influences worldview from "summary" of Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
The way we view the world is shaped by who we are, by the cultures in which we are raised, by the stories we are told. Our cultural identity influences everything - how we think, how we feel, how we act. It defines our beliefs, our values, our perceptions. It colors the lens through which we see the world. In "Dreams from My Father," Barack Obama reflects on his own cultural identity and how it has shaped his worldview. Growing up with a Kenyan father and a white American mother, he straddled two worlds, two cultures. He was raised in Hawaii, where he was surrounded by diversity, by people of different backgrounds and beliefs. This upbringing, this exposure to different cultures, had a profound impact on him. Obama writes about the struggles he faced in trying to understand who he was, where he belonged. He grappled with questions of race, of identity, of belonging. He felt the weight of his heritage, the expectations that came with it. He saw how his cultur...
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