My Cultures and Microcultures
Jordan Kenya Roberson
Ethnicity / Heritage
 My mother ethnic background is black and a
quarter German
 My father ethnic is mostly black, native
American and Irish.
 My ancestors where most likely west
Africans brought to American during slavery.
 My great grandfather’s mother was
Cherokee and African American and his
father was Irish.
 I have a mixture of different ethnicities in
my family but, I prefer to be call black or
African American. Because my parents were
born at the end of the civil rights movement
and they told me about all the racism they
went through. They also stress importance
of black culture and history and, that I
should be proud to be black.
Education
 Both of my parent have college degrees
although the were raise very differently.
 My mother is from the south and was in a
low income household with a single parent.
 My father was raised in the suburbs of
Illinois and was Lower-middle class.
 My Mother graduated with a B.A. in
business from Henderson state university.
She was able afford school because of Pell
Grants and academic scholarships.
 My father pursued college after high school
but, he got kick of his college.
 Soon after getting kick out he join the air
force and got a degree in post-secondary
education
 I graduate from Cheyenne High School in
2013
 Then I graduate from academy of hair
design in 2014. With a certificate in nail
technology.
 My father inspired me pursue a degree in
education.
 Disability
 When I was in the Fourth grade my mother
was diagnosed with a disease called
Multiple Sclerosis(MS)
 MS is a neurological disease which causes
your immune system to attack your central
Nervous system. The immune system
attacks by destroying the myelin sheath
which, making it difficult for the nerve cells
to send message to the brain and other
parts of the body.
 Some of the side effect of MS are fatigue,
muscle spasms, arms and legs, and loss of
mobility.
 According to my mom the worse symptom is
the fatigue.
 Even though having a family member with a
difficult, you just have to have love and
patience.
Family Structure/ Social economic
 As a result of my mother’s disability she is
no longer able to work so, my father is the
one who make all the money.
 My father’s job was good enough so that he
could support the family on his own.
 My economic class in middle. I hope that by
working hard I can have the same for myself
or better.
 My family structure is nuclear. My parents
are married and had three children
together.
 My father is reasonable for all the finances
and my mother is responsible for everything
else
 My financial responsibilities are pay for
school , books, and clothes.