Social identity allows people to be part of groups and gain a sense of belonging in their social world. These identities play an important role in shaping self-image.

But no we are all the same, our skin color, language, etc does not make us different. We are still all human (human beings are more than 99% genetically identical). People invented these words and believed and implemented them.

Acceptance can set you free. Being comfortable in your own skin plays a very important part in the way one lives their life. As we grow older, we begin to see how diversity is not wanted but needed in our daily life. Who cares if you are green, black, or purple? Oops some people are bothered by the color of my skin, but I don’t care about them all I know is that I am beautiful. Risk crisis was new to me, because where I grew up there was no such thing at risk crisis. All I knew is that we were all humans.

Here is a quote from the article the Power of Identity Politics “I am really sick of hearing all that stuff. Black, white, blah blah blah. We need to stop doing that shit. It only gets on my nerves. When are we going to get around to being human!” The question is, why do white people act so intimidated when they hear the word racism? Not all but most of them quietly throw the race card out when it’s convenient to them. Maybe if they try living in my black skin for a while, they will understand better.

             Oftentimes black people feel powerless when it comes to race, I am the mother of a young black lady I have spent 26 years making sure that she feels powerful every day of her life. According to the Power of Identity Politics “defines power as the ability to make decisions that affect your own life and the lives of others, the freedom to shape and determine the story of who we are. Power also means having the ability to reward and punish and decide how resources are distributed.” We should all be proud of who we are, how we look, and live comfortably without fear ridicule and being misunderstood.

            In the reading on Power and Identity, it talks about it affects our plan on making this world better. Power means being able to make certain decisions with ease. It begins with how a blonde tries to ignore power and the writer goes on and says if many problems caused by white people where not done, we won’t be here and yes, I won’t even be writing this response right now. Identity politics happens and it is all around us, women are told that they belong at home doing chores and taking care of the children, Black people who were slaves and were able to find freedom and people who are still finding themselves but want to be accepted by others or society. It is very tough being in this world and not living in peace, your workplace might be hard, your home chaos, walking and not feeling safe. It’s a struggle, people are trying to find their places, yet people use their power for the wrong reasons. Having power does not mean you use It anyhow; you must think of others. Like the government, we voted for you because we trusted you but sometimes it becomes something else. Why run when you deceive the people who want help. People should stop being ignorant and see what happening, we humans should do better because we deserve more. So many things have been taking from us and we must fight back to let them know they can’t have power over us if they want to take advantage negatively.  

People are learning who they truly are because society has put humans in categories. They think you should listen to certain artist because you are black, they want you to say your race is this only because you look different. This world there are billions of people and us humans mix in with others, two white parents with a black child should not make you stare, you should not make the child feel uncomfortable. It should not be your business on how or why they have a black child. Imagine being in the shoes of these people you look at make uncomfortable, imagine being told that nobody wants to be friends with you because of your race. There are also situations when a person can be a certain race but not speak the language, people did not want the person in the group because they believed they do not fit in. It’s very sad that your skin has so much to do with who your friends with, the job you get, a lot of socializing these days. I really hope very soon and for the next generation you won’t see people of color and hesitate to be friends with them or hate them. I want things to change for the better. I should be happy about where I am from and not feel like I should not be proud, people should not make stupid comments about where I am from also.