Literacy in the classroom

My Culture My Heritage Ethnicity and Race The Hawkins family consists of mostly individuals of the Caucasian race. Our ethnicity is a blend of Blackfoot Native American, German, Irish and English. The Hawkins family came to the United States prior to the Revolutionary War. Many generalizations or stereotypes can be made from the ethnicities that make up the Hawkins family. Many people perceive Germans as being cheap, unfriendly, and punctual. Irish are seen as being alcoholics, redheads, and pale. English (British) are perceived as having bad teeth, being rude, thin, and snobbish. Native Americans are often seen as wanting money from the government, living on reservations, a disappearing race, and have dark hair, high cheekbones, and dark skin. Our family is a mixture of all of these ethnicities so it is possible that we carry a few of the stereotypes. Speaking about my family in general, we are not alcoholics, cheap, or unfriendly. Our teeth look pretty nice and we try our b...