The red hunting hat I believe represents the desire to be an individual amongst the many; but, since there is the desire to be unique, one must also have to cope with being looked at as different…which may also be why Holden (so far at least) only wears his in privacy. My red hunting hat is probably my whole existence, from my outward appearance, to the way I carry myself. Usually when I am talking on the phone or someone I know in another language, a random person comes up to me cause the curiosity is just killing them, and asks: What are you? I really don’t even feel like explaining it myself, so I just go, “I am a black person from Chicago.” But if they keep pressing on, I continue and say,
“My mother is African American, German, and Native American, and my dad is basically just African American. My mom grew up in a Muslim school full of Pakistanis, so she speaks Arabic, but also German since her father is African German. Of course they both speak English and are Muslim. Living in Chicago I am pretty talented at Spanish since my dad is fluent. I have Korean childhood friends, so I also learned conversational Korean, but now since I wanna go to Seoul to live, I decided to self study seriously. I am also studying Japanese at school seriously.”
I have too many different cultures playing in at once, so I guess in that way it makes me stand out. Also, my hijab and the clothes I wear. I am not too serious when it comes to dressing myself…more so the way I act. Honestly, whatever is clean will do. Sometimes the stuff I put on is nice, sometimes it’s not…oh well.
I am really serious when it comes to treating people with respect and being polite…for some reason my generation thinks it is funny to be mean. Being blunt, and being rude are two different things. My hijab (the scarf I wear on my head) makes people stare… I could honestly care less. In fact, I love it when people ask about “the helmet I am wearing on my head” because it’s my chance to tell them a bit about Islam.
To sum it all up, my red hunting hat is my culture…every single thing about me.
...That was amazing. Much better than my lame post (with nothing in it) XD.
ReplyDeleteI agreed with you on what the hunting hat represents, and I'm amazed at your hat. Just your background alone is interesting, and the fact that you are able to speak several different languages (and mastered English) at your age is impressive! You have quite the hunting hat.
What color would you like it to be?
In reading your story I was delighted by your explanation of what a hunting hat means to you, and I agree. In another post I read that people are embarrased to wear their hunting hat or it is something very private and that is why Holden only wears his in private, but I love how you embrace your culture and thinks of it as something that individualizes you.
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