Description
Purpose:
The purpose of this assignment is for you to interview someone that you want to know more about. Through this assignment you should be able to see below the “iceberg”.
Instructions:
- Pick a person to interview. This person should be either older or younger than you, a different race/ethnicity, or have a disability.
- Before your interview, answer the following questions:
- How do you know this person?
- What do you know about this person? Think about the cultural iceberg.
- What more do you want to know about them?
- Interview the person that you selected.
- You will also need to complete the interview questions yourself.
- Write a 2–3-page comparison paper comparing your responses and the responses of your interviewee. This should be more than a “she/he said”, “I said” type of paper. You will want to go in-depth when comparing your responses with your interviewee. In your paper you will need to include the following things:
- Your reaction to their responses.
- Did this interview change your opinion of the person? Why or why not?
- Why do you think it is important to reflect on your own upbringing and to get to know the upbringing of the children and families you are working with?
- Submit to Canvas. You will need to include the interview questions and the responses.
Interview Questions:
- What year were you born?
- How would you define your culture?
- What is your birth order (first, middle, last)?
- How did your birth order play a role in how you grew up (more responsibilities, less responsibilities, etc.)?
- What were some of the beliefs and values of your family?
- What are some stereotypes that people might have about your culture, race, and ethnicity? Did those positively or negatively impact you growing up?
- What were some of your experiences in school? Were they positive or negative? How did they impact how you grew up?
- Were there any community programs that you were involved in? What was your role?
- Were there any world events happening that impacted how you grew up? What was the impact?
- Do you still have some of the same beliefs and values now, as an adult?
- What changed and stayed the same? Why?
- Do you believe that your experiences and relationships played a role in how you developed your beliefs and values? Why or why not?
Explanation & Answer
Attached. Please let me know if you have any questions or need revisions.
Running head: INTERVIEW QUESTIONS –MULTICULTURAL INTERVIEW
Interview Questions:
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Affiliated Institution
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INTERVIEW QUESTIONS –MULTICULTURAL INTERVIEW
Interview Questions:
1. What year were you born?
I was born in 1987.
2. How would you define your culture?
I am African American. I possess significant African values and beliefs due to ancestral roots in
Africa.
3. What is your birth order (first, middle, last)?
I am a first-born. I have three younger sisters.
4. How did your birth order play a role in how you grew up (more responsibilities, fewer
responsibilities, etc.)?
I took up parenting roles and responsibilities when my parents were at work. I was like a ‘coparent,’ helping my parents raise my three younger sisters. I had to become a role model to my
siblings. I had to work harder and behave well for them to emulate my way of life.
5. What were some of the beliefs and values of your family?
My family believes in hard work, loyalty, and commitment to family and helping those in need.
6. What are some stereotypes that people might have about your culture, race, and
ethnicity?
The most common cultural stereotype people had about me when I was growing up includes the
view that I am highly aggressive and prone to committing crimes because I am African
American. Another stereotype was that I am poor because I am African American. I was also
supposed to be healthy and hardy because of my African American ethnicity.
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INTERVIEW QUESTIONS –MULTICULTURAL INTERVIEW
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Did those positively or negatively impact you growing up?
I had trouble with the police. In the early 2000s, I was arrested with friends while walking home
from a concert at Apollo Theatre. Police said we were a bunch of rowdy youth. I learned not to
trust the police.
7. What were some of your experiences in school? Were they positive or negative? How
did they impact how you grew up?
I interacted with many artists invited to the school by the principal at the Cathedral School of St.
John the Divine. Besides, visiting the African Center often with the teachers was very common
during my elementary school days. I fell in love with Harlem Renaissance Art and overall art.
Since then, I have wanted to be an artist, which is why I enrolled at the New York University
College of Arts & Science to study graphics design after graduating from Cristo Rey New York
High School.
8. Were there any community programs that you were involved in? What was your role?
I volunteered with the Free Arts NYC. I was an amateur graphics designer and graffitist with a
non-profit community organization.
9. We...
