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I am an African American, which is a part of my heritage; it is what’s inside of me. It helps me to remember where I’m from, where I am now, and sometimes where I’m going. I say I am African American because that is the only thing I can’t change about myself. When asked to write a cultural analysis paper, I would have to say I characterize my culture as the unknown. I have established my own culture, which is a lost soul. The only thing I know that is concrete about myself is that I was born African American and I am going to die an African American. I feel as if I’m just a lost soul with brown skin walking around. I define myself as a lost soul because I don’t know anything. The more I find out about myself, the more I learn I don’t know. It’s like being at a crossroad and not knowing how to get over it. These feelings are not only affecting me, its also effecting those most close and dear to me. I have established a close knit family at HSU. I’ve been very distant with them lately, and they can’t predict what kind of mood I’m in at any particular time. One illustration of was last week. I stayed in my room for about a week and a half. I got up at 7:45 every morning, and went to work, and from there to class, ate lunch and went to my room. I didn’t come out until the next day for work. If I ran into one of them, I would say “Hi” and that was it. Them being my family, they came to me as a group and talked to me about what was going on. We talked it over, and to make them feel better I decided to put the feelings of depression in the back of my mind. That’ s what I told them so they wouldn’t worry, because I love them so much, and I don’t want them to worry about me. I haven’t forgotten anything, I still feel lost, but I feel this is my problem. One other way I can tell it is effecting my family was with Tiffany. Tiffany and I went to lunch with four other members of our family.
Approximate Word count = 1533
Approximate Pages = 6.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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