Interview 1: A person I know well

1. How do you define "culture"? What defines your culture?

Culture is a pattern of behavior and beliefs shared by a specific group of people. Culture is passed down
from generation to generation. My culture is defined by my family and society around me. Growing up
in the Pacific Northwest gave me a different culture from someone who grew up in the Deep South.
Being raised in a liberal family gave me a different outlook on things than someone raised in a
conservative family.

2. How do you define "race"? What is your race?

A race is a group of people with distinct physical characteristics including skin color and facial features. I
am Caucasian.

3. How do you define "ethnicity"? Of what ethnicity are you?

An ethnic group is a social group where people share common values. They have similar cultural
tendencies, follow the same religion, and speak the same language. I am American.

4. Define "stereotype." Describe some stereotypes you have about people from other cultures, races, or
ethnicities. Where did you learn these stereotypes?

A stereotype is an oversimplification of a particular set of people by attaching one characteristic to the

entire group. All women are bad drivers. Asians are the best at math and engineering. Everyone in the
Middle East hates America. I learned most of these stereotypes on my own or from society around me. I
assume women are bad drivers until proven otherwise. Asians had the best grades in my engineering
courses. A 15 year war in the Middle East and seeing terrorist attacks on the news all the time ingrain
stereotypes in your head. Personal experience and the culture I live in have helped encourage these
stereotypes.
Interview 2: Person on campus. (Female- Ethiopian)

1. How do you define "culture"? What defines your culture?

Culture is the way you are raised and applying them to your community ....culture defines when I apply
what I learned to my so city I grew up in or a contract where I born in. It could be the holiday I celebrate
the way I attend church, my food or how I dress up.

2. How do you define "race"? What is your race?

Race defines the color of people though out the world.

I came from Africa and I'll say my race is black.

3. How do you define "ethnicity"? Of what ethnicity are you?

My ethnicity is African that's where I came from...it's defines my birth of place.

4. Define "stereotype." Describe some stereotypes you have about people from other cultures, races, or
ethnicities. Where did you learn these stereotypes?

I would say Stereotyping comes from people's assumption on what others can't do but which you're well
taught to do it on your own. For example in my culture when we eat our traditional food we use our
fingers instead of any kind of utensils to roll our food and put it in our mouth. I learned this from my
child hood...this is how my parents taught me.
Interview 3: Another person on campus (Male)

1. How do you define "culture"? What defines your culture?

Culture is the setting with which we define our actions, customs, and morals. McDonalds sums my
culture up pretty good.

2. How do you define "race"? What is your race?

Race is an American term that identifies certain groups based on visual differences. I am white.

3. How do you define "ethnicity"? Of what ethnicity are you?

Ethnicity is a social group based from a national or geological location. I am German and Native
American.

4. Define "stereotype." Describe some stereotypes you have about people from other cultures, races, or
ethnicities. Where did you learn these stereotypes?

A stereotype is when someone takes broad generalizations from someone’s race or ethnicity and
characterizes them based on those generalizations. For example, Germans drink a lot of beer, the Irish
can drink a lot of anything, and the Italians love wine (and probably the French as well).
Interview 4: A person I know very well

1. How do you define "culture"? What defines your culture?

A culture to me is a set of society rules and values that a community lives by.

The culture (American) that I identify with values independence and freedom and claims to value
equality. I think America also values loyalty. I think there’s kind of like sub cultures within cultures
though. Like a school culture, family culture, and so on (probably should go in the definition of a culture)

Like at school people there is a certain attitude that you should come to school with and should value
education. Those who do not are often singled out or cause problems within the classroom

And various families can value various thing such as love, loyalty, tradition and so on

2. How do you define "race"? What is your race?

Race to me, is based off of your physical appearance/skin tone

My race would be Caucasian

3. How do you define "ethnicity"? Of what ethnicity are you?

Ethnicity is based off of the culture you identify with.

My ethnicity would be American

4. Define "stereotype." Describe some stereotypes you have about people from other cultures, races, or
ethnicities. Where did you learn these stereotypes?

I would define stereotype as preconceived judgements of an individual or group that developed due to
their own cultures values

There's a lot of stereotypes that America has about different groups that I may have believed at one
time, even though I do not any longer. I understand that people and individuals regardless of what race,
ethnicity, or culture that defines them. The only cultural stereotype that I can think of that I have right
now is that Indians, native to India (as in not talking about Native Americans) have a strong family values
and believe their children should only marry those who are also Indians. I have this stereotype from
meeting multiple people from India whose parents are strict about who their children date
Interview 5: A person on campus (Female)

1. How do you define "culture"? What defines your culture?

The behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group: the youth culture; the
drug culture. I define my culture through various things like my religion, aka Catholic young ins/kids in
general, trendy stuff like music, clothes, etc. -- basic white girl culture (laughs…)

2. How do you define "race"? What is your race?

A group of persons related by common descent or heredity.

I’m Caucasian

3. How do you define "ethnicity"? Of what ethnicity are you?

A shared common and distinctive culture, religion, language.

I’m American (specifically white American)

4. Define "stereotype." Describe some stereotypes you have about people from other cultures, races, or
ethnicities. Where did you learn these stereotypes?

A stereotype is a general, simplified conception of a person or group.

Some stereotypes I have heard: fat Americans, smart Asians, filthy “Beaner’s”, other not so pleasant
ones include that Jews and blacks should all die. (Said that that outlook is pretty crazy) Also that
Muslims are all terrorists.
Interview 6: A person who I’ve never met in person, born and raised in Germany. (via Facebook)

1. How do you define "culture"? What defines your culture?

Culture is for me what a life direction describes. Every person has grown up in a circle which puts out
what his sphere to him is given. Customs, uses, rules, decency. Every state has small countries, towns
and villages. It is in our own states where different cultures can reside. The state in itself has in a whole
general culture, however, even in the single families is to be recognized that there are different life
cultures. Culture means for me, personally, the kind of people that lives together with mutual
acceptance, respect, and are social with each other. Where you live and allow others to live. One can
also say in Germany, that one carries leather trousers and national costumes. This is the superficial
approach to culture, because 1. It is region dependent, and 2. It’s through the individual where culture
resides.

2. How do you define "race"? What is your race?

Race? For me race what is I only in the animal world would call. Dogs. . . Horses. . . . etc. I would call
people of the most different origins, people of the most different origins. I find it degrading to divide
people into races. You come from there, and you come from there. Simple. No race.

 She only answered the first two questions, I thought they would be of value to include
regardless.