Reflection About Identity

Over the course of the semester I have crossed many boundaries that I never would have thought of. Whether that be domestically or culturally over the course of the year and with that it has changed my identity. This semester I found who I am more than anything and gave me an approach to how to live within a community that at first I do not know. With this being said I speak most likely for many that college started out scary as we knew no one and had never been away from home this long. I know personally I found my new identity that I never knew that I had because I crossed boundaries. As time goes on identity evolves when you cross domestic and international boundaries.

In her essay, "Are We Worried About Storm's Identity or Our own?" Patricia J. Williams asks the philosophical question, "Are we worried about Storm's identity or our own?" Her argument implies that we worry about our own identity as she describes her analytical process, a personal narration from which she derives her analytical thoughts, as well as an analogy. Williams' writing thoughts are effectively expressed in her essay and consequently, the philosophical question, "are we worried about Storm's identity or our own?"

When I was 5 my life changed completely. My sister and I were abandoned by our mother and father. I was then raised by my aunt and uncle along with my grandparents. I was taken in and loved as if I was their own. I want to show them and myself that no matter what happens in life that I can succeed and accomplish anything I set my mind to. Therefore, I am pursuing an Associates degree and the first generation in my family to go to college first generation in my family to go to college.

See growing up in a large family like mines education was very important. Despite we didn’t have many to graduate from college put a lot of pressure on me. See my grandparents didn’t go to high school or college. So, they were real hard on their kids about go to school and graduate. So, made my parents hard on my brother and me about our education. My brother and me will be the first in our large family to graduate from college. My mom was real hard on me because she didn’t want me to go to in be like her. She had

To this day I am proud to say that my parent’s wishes that all of their children would graduated from college not only became a reality, but also a legacy for our family. Among my siblings, niece’s and nephews, there are doctors, MBA’s, teachers, a librarian, electrical engineers, a graphic designer, and a Vice President of Academic Affairs.

Moving to the United States means the world to us. It is our chance for a break from Europe’s class system and to experience a democratic nation where people have the opportunity to move up the social ladder. We settled in New York City as we still lack money to buy farms and the education to obtain higher-paying jobs. My husband has started working long hours for little pay in one of the many factories. Although this may seem like a hardship, we feel much better living our improved life here. Many found the urban areas offered more and better-paying jobs than rural areas did.

More than 11 million people in the United States have migrated from all around the world. People decide to migrate for many reasons such as living in poverty, no education, and lack of opportunities. They all have the same dream of striving in life for their future and well being. One of those millions of people was my mother. She took the courage and bravery of leaving all that meant the world to her, move forward and migrating into a new country. From leaving Mexico to Illinois, and now residing in California, her journey was a quite a ride. My mother’s journey has been something that has changed her life and she is forever grateful she took this big step.

As I got older, I began to gain weight at a rapid speed. Due to my weight gain while engaging in different sports, I slowly noticed that I was being isolated and ridiculed about my weight. Due to my weight gain, I was questioned on a daily basis about my probable lack of performance. My weight gained garnered ridicule and unwanted jokes from former teammates, coaches, and friends. Unfortunately, my years of playing and being a good team member were forgotten. Instead, I was categorized as just being a “fat kid” who wanted to be a part of a sport. It was hard to come to grips that the activities and pastimes

I come from a family that is not very active and obesity runs in my family with my parents and grandparents, from a young age I was told to make sure I lived my life well so that I didn’t have to endure the struggle that my parents and grandparents do with weight. I was an active child outside, but I was never involved in sports. In fifth grade I joined a YMCA volleyball team because I was interested in volleyball and I had peers that played volleyball. I continued to play in sixth grade too for my West Orient Middle School team, we got first place overall that year; but then I took a break and started track in eighth grade.

My identity is more than just what people say or the moments in my life that has changed it. From the classroom to outside in the real world, my identity is me being African American Male that has taken the situations that were given to me and plan to prevail through them. Within Tatum’s piece (Tatum, B. (2000). Readings for diversity and social justice. New York: Routledge.) she also goes to speak about dominant and subordinate groups. Myself has came to find out that can be considered both because of my race and my gender. Being a male is considered a dominant in comparison to females, whereas being African American is considered a subordinate in comparison to being caucasian. With those things into consideration my identity was not

In my view, I think there are two factors that are improtant for indentity. One is defining a country's identity through language, and the other is define ourselfves through the roles that we play. Lanuage is a symbol of a nation, and it also symbolizes the identity of a nation. For example, according to the article by Talyor(2017), the author claimed that"lanuage binds a nation together is not suprising." So, no matter how many religious beliefs or cultural customs a country has, it must have only one offcial language in this country. On the hand, we also need to figure out the role we play in society or family, so that we can our things better. For instance, through the reading " Identity: how doyou define yourself” by Morrison(2015), the

A mother and a father are in a difficult position when they’re raising a child with limited opportunities. When the number of children begins to increase, the sense of responsibility can knock down the little ambition a person has within. One can either choose to fight harder than before, or wait for an opportunity to come knocking on their door. When I was born, my parents did not have the means to support a growing family. I was the driving force that propelled my parents to use every ounce of energy to give my brother, sister and I the resources we would need to become successful. I was given both a stable financial and moral foundation to always give my greatest effort in my education. I kept that mentality throughout my entire educational career and I was able to graduate at the top of my class.

In the movie Joy Luck Club, the mothers of all four daughters, come over from China to America, remarried, and gave birth to their children here. That takes hard work and compassion to just get up and leave your native country and start fresh in an unknown location. Perseverance is required

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It is worth noting how individuals express themselves differently in various settings, the binary between public and private provides people with different ways of behaving.