As I was reading the blog “Too Latina to be black, too black to be Latina” I relate to many of the things she said such as “Even now as an adult I find people are constantly trying to restrict me into a specific mold and identity”. I’m Mexica, I was born in New York City and was raised eight years of my life in NY,  we moved to Mexico for ten years in that frame of time I was constantly living between the US and Mexico it was finally till I was 19 years I moved back permanently to NYC.

People assume because I’m Mexican and lived there I like eating spicy and the truth is I don’t my level of tolerance for spicy is very low “for someone who’s Mexican” as certain people have said to me. I still like celebrating “Día de los Muertos” even though I no longer live in Mexico, I have had people questioning why do is till celebrate that day if at this point I have lived more time in the US. I still go to Mexico for visit and some friends tend to make comments like I’ve changes or been “whitewashed ”.Over time I learn not matter what you do people will always say or have an idea of who they think I am, but as long as I keep truth to myself and embracing who I am is all it matters. 

The snapshot that Jaisely Dominguez posted was a great image representing identity’. In “The power of identity” the author mentions how “ A lack of understanding of power is central to how power operates” people with the power or privileged tend to ignore how is it that power works or even acknowledge that they have a power.  The quote that stand out to me was “the only lasting truth is change” I agree with the author for a country who values innovation and yet the majority resist to change.