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Samir Moussa Short Story

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Samir Moussa story is kind of amazing, from my point of view the multiculturalism that he experienced, gives one so much personal growth as individual. By reading his story it is possible to tell that his is a very acomplished individual, that was able become very open minded and see the world as home. The whole story shows to me the positive effects of globalization, where we as human beings are able to connect on a level beyond frontiers, of course there is a lot of tension between culture and globalization, it is actually the creation of a new culture, his parents were already showing him that, they came to the U.S., from different parts of the world and met in a land were neither were originally from, they had already broken the ties …show more content…

My grandparents were son and daughters of Italian, Portuguese, Native Indian, African roots making myself a very multiracial individual. Racism to me was not something I understood until a got a bit older, on my paternal side, my Italian grandfather was this rustic blue eyed, very light skin and hair so blonde that it looked almost white and my grandmother was this energetic little black lady with her curly hair and lively spirit, that racism came to me as punch in the face, and still have yet to understand, but I do know it is something very much alive that we still have not surpass; I did not grow up with all the languages or all the cultures as Samir did, but some how I feel an strong connection with all of them, I also didn 't understand this as I got to my teens and immigrated to the U.S., myself. The perspective that you obtain has no price tag, you are exposed and open to so much more, from languages to culinary, to different sounds and rythms that have evolve into something else, just as we have and still on the path as the human race, we were not meant to stand still, one does not have to lose their culture, but their can certainly carry it on as they experience something knew and at the same time sharing theirs, making to a more open, acceptable and peaceful

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