Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Outliers Chapter 6

In Chapter 6 of the Outliers, Malcom Gladwell talked about a 'culture of honor' and how people who come from ancestors who their life was herding were more aggressive and had to protect their reputation.  They realized this through the pattern of fights and feuds between families in the Appalachia area.  Years later, Dov Cohen and Richard Nesbitt did experiment on college students from the University of Michigan.  The results showed that those who ancestors came from the northern England, Ireland, and Scotland were more aggressive and reacted to the insults.
Cultural legacy is the idea that how your ancestors reacted in their times to keep their reputation continues on through today's generations.  Each area of the world has different ways to handle problems because of their ancestors and how they survived.
My cultural legacy is defined by my faith.  As an Italian, we compare everything to our faith before we act or make a decision.  Our faith defines who we are and how we deal with problems.  It even decides what holidays we celebrate like Christmas and Easter.  Though I am a mix of Italian, Spanish, English, Irish, and Scotish,  I am mostly Italian and Spanish, and in these two countries, religion plays a big role. I believe my cultural legacy is through my faith not what my ancestors did for a living because my faith defines who I am as a person and always finds a way into every decision I make.
What do you think your cultural legacy is?

1 comment:

  1. your cultural legacy is very interesting(: you hae such a unique lineage!

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