As I was reading the blog \u201cToo Latina to be black, too black to be Latina\u201d I relate to many of the things she said such as \u201cEven now as an adult I find people are constantly trying to restrict me into a specific mold and identity\u201d. I\u2019m Mexica, I was born in New York City and was raised eight years of my life in NY,\u00a0\u00a0we 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
People assume because I\u2019m Mexican and lived there I like eating spicy and the truth is I don\u2019t my level of tolerance for spicy is very low \u201cfor someone who\u2019s Mexican\u201d as certain people have said to me. I still like celebrating \u201cD\u00eda de los Muertos\u201d 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\u2019ve changes or been \u201cwhitewashed \u201d.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.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The snapshot that Jaisely Dominguez posted was a great image representing identity\u2019. In \u201cThe power of identity\u201d the author mentions how \u201c A lack of understanding of power is central to how power operates\u201d 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 \u201cthe only lasting truth is change\u201d I agree with the author for a country who values innovation and yet the majority resist to change. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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