Over the course of this semester, I have learned so much in Multicultural Psychology. It’s hard for me to imagine a time when I didn’t relate class content to the real world. But there was a time. On the first day of class Julian asked us to describe our culture. I was at a loss. I didn’t think I had a culture – I thought hmmm, I’m white, I’m not religious, and I don’t know what else influences culture. That was before I learned all about what culture is and what makes up different cultures. So many of the things we do, media we consume, things we read, music we listen to make up culture. There is not a culture-less person on this planet. Culture encompasses so much – ideas, beliefs, social habits, language, religion, clothing, fashion, relationships, food, entertainment, learning. Everything we do and who we do it with influences our own culture. Some of my biggest take aways from this class include acculturation experiences of immigrants, the experience of first-generation
I got to see Moulin Rouge! The Musical recently at Broadway at the Eccles and thought it was amazing. A couple days later, I given the opportunity to see the musical again, and seeing the show again was too good of an offer to pass off. However, I had one more blog post to write and so I decided to watch the musical through a multicultural lens the second time around. I brought a pen and a small notebook and took notes throughout the musical. Moulin Rouge! The Musical takes place in turn of the century Paris. It tells the story of Christian, a young composer, who falls in love with cabaret actress Satine, who is the star of the Moulin Rouge. However, the club's owner, Harold Zildler has promised Satine to a Duke in exchange for the Duke funding the Moulin Rouge. Through a funny misunderstanding, Zilder agrees to put on a show created by Christian and his artist friends Toulouse-Lautrec and Santiago at the Moulin Rouge starring Satine, and the Duke agrees to finance the