Identity is the way we define ourselves, we should always respect one another by their representing your own identity. According to the reading “Too Latina to Be Black, Too black To Be Latina”, it state’s ” I’ve learned though, that just because I don’t fit into one specific mold or the other doesn’t mean I’m any less of who I am.” This to me means that you shouldn’t care about what other people have to say. It’s more of like, this is who I am. Another part that caught my attention from the article “Too Latina to Be Black, Too black To Be Latina” was when it states, ” As soon as I sat down the table was quiet. Then one girl snickered to another in Spanish “Why is she sitting here? I don’t want her to sit here”… That was the first time I could remember being aware of my skin color and the overwhelming implications it held. This was also my first ‘race crisis’ .” While I was reading this part I thought to myself why didn’t she say something like do you have a problem with me sitting here or something like that. I mean I’m pretty sure if the other girl was in the same situation she wouldn’t like it either. Going back to what I was saying about to why didn’t the girl said something I don’t mean to say it in a tone of sounding rude but you know like normal, if that makes sense. In the article ‘The power of Identity Politics’ they defined the term identity politics to describe lived experiences of people who are not white, heterosexual and cisgender men. A part that stood out to me from the article ‘The power of Identity Politics’ when it stated, ” We believe that the most profound and potentially most radical politics come directly out of our own identity, as opposed to working to end somebody else’s oppression… To be recognized as human.” The reason why I say this is because they are right we should be recognized as human which is who we are. In the article ‘The power of Identity Politics’ it mention how black people have little faith about white women fighting to free black women but they still fight for themselves. Everyone has different opinions and I think that black women will always be fighting for themselves. As I kept reading it mention how if white women wouldn’t have created false classifications base on skin color or class status we would not be dealing with a conversation or issue like this. Same thing when black people were stolen and forced into subjugation by white people we wouldn’t have to be dealing withe the effects and impacts of this issue. Overall I think that there are man more issues that have affected us as humans and the world. I wonder what the world would’ve have look like from the past to the present if theses issues were never created. Therefore identity is important because it defines of who you are.