Why might an immigrant group resist adopting to the cultural food norms of the mainstream culture? What strategies do immigrant groups use to overcome this?
What do the traditions surrounding food (e.g., who cooks it, how it is prepared and served, when and where it is eaten, etc.) reveal about an ethnic group’s culture?
How can food, and the customs surrounding it, facilitate greater peace and understanding between ethnic groups?
Conclusion (two pages): Provide an example of your own ethnic or racial traditions surrounding food. Where did these traditions come from?
How far removed are you from your ancestors who first immigrated to this country?
If you were to move to a new country today, would you want to maintain these traditions or would you be willing to give them up to assimilate to the customs of your new home?
What is another cultural symbol that an ethnic group may want to keep rather than assimilate into mainstream culture?
To sum up the Final Paper, why are cultural symbols so important to ethnic groups?
