American culture boasts of different cultural

I was born a very buityful country with a rich cultural. It is most fundamental part of my life with my mother and her side of the family, my father was in New York. Now I am a 22-year-old student of DeVry University. Education is an essential part of my life as it presents me with skills towards gaining knowledge. My primary goal is to overstep in school, and both to obtain a good future and make to my parents bloated. 

Idea that sociology describes the intersection between history and, I shall reflect my problems what I have faced in my background that are connected to the social institutions and in the large part to the social culture located in history. My father won the Diversity Visa lottery, leaving my family under the care of my mother’s parents when I was at the age of four years. Although I was still young, I vowed to take care of my family, as I was the only son. My mother was from a big family of six sisters and one brother. All my aunts, in exception of three were married by then. After moving in, my aunts were in charge of our upbringing, while my grandfather was in charge of our excellence in studies. My grandfather translated into my favorite personal tutor, but this was not true in my sister’s case as he always scolded her for attaining poor grades in school (Mills, 2000). Although, I was my grandfather’s favorite in terms of studies, I was rebellious in such circumstances as when my mother forcefully put me to sleep in the afternoon. I would always find a way of sneaking out of the room, to join my friends in the playground. My mother was always aware of this phenomenon and whenever I sneaked out, she would follow me to the playground to ensure that I did not involve myself in any type of fighting. Never my father visited Bangladesh, all my family members and relatives gathered to discuss the cultural differences between Bangladesh and America. In their discussions, some would ask questions based on the American politics, government, law enforcement, education and freedom. In turn, my father would explain that the American culture and way of socialization was completely different from that of Bangladesh, owing to such factors as a strong legal system, strict laws, human rights, a better education system and diverse social, cultural and political opportunities. Religious groups based on the available information, viewed the American people as non- believers based on their shunning of religious beliefs owing to their lack of faith in God and religious practices. They also viewed the American culture as a symbol of cultural and social degradation as the female gender in America dresses openly in public, which can be translated into promiscuity in Bangladesh’s cultural and religious aspects (Mills, 2000). Essentially, societal norms are not expressed in parents-children relationships in America, owing to the fact that children do not respect their parents and in turn, parents are forced to throw out their children following a certain period. Due to this factor, many social groups espoused that I would be influenced by peer pressure after relocating to America such that I would engage in the social evils of eating haram food, drink alcohol, disrespecting my parents and converting to Christianity. I made friends from the Bengali, Asian, White, and African-American communities. My favorite friends were from the Bengali community because their culture was closely related to the Bangladesh culture and I felt as a member of one of their sub- groups. The diversity of the social structure of the American culture caused different frictions in our family, which pushed me to skipping class and hanging out with my Bengali friends in order to feel better on the onset of culture shock (Mills, 2000). To blend into their culture, I was forced to mimic their social way of life. I adopted their street slang and their way of dressing, which encompassed baggy jeans. They were more comfortable with this way of life, but due to the values and norms instilled in me by my grandfather, I came to the realization that this was not my way of life .This clearly indicates the fundamental role of the media in creating different social institutions, norms and values. We have continued to experience racial segregation as a family owing to our cultural difference such that after we ordered furniture and it was not delivered after two weeks, we were insulted by the owner of the store after demanding for the refund of our money. When we contacted the police, no action was taken after they discussed with the storeowner and the identity of our Islamic culture was revealed. It is saddening to realize that though American culture boasts of different cultural contributions, the social institution in place are still discriminative of certain diverse cultures (Mills, 2000). Living in America for ten years has provided me with different mental and physical sociological changes which might or might not be translated into the American dream. I have embraced a different social structure in America but this does not mean that I am not aware of my original social structure. As per my biography I do not have a clear realization of the real me because my past and present personality depends on the social culture built from history.

Author,

MD. Ahmed Sorif

New York, United State