This week\u2019s reading was very interesting and I have enjoyed them a lot. I felt that both of the readings were very powerful. The article \u201cThe Power of Identity\u201d and \u201cToo Latina To Be Black, Too Black To Be Latina\u201d by Aleichia Williams shows the difficulty of being accepted in different places throughout the USA. She lived in New York City where people from all over the world live in. New York City is the place for everyone doesn\u2019t matter you\u2019re Black, White, Latina, or Brown. Growing up In New York City was not a problem for her but when she moved to North Carolina. For her North Carolina was a lot different. Alicia Williams explains her experience where she is being forced to choose her identities because they clash. Her skin was dark so society already marked her as Black but her nationality was Hispanic and society doesn\u2019t know because they first need to know her in order to find out where she\u2019s from. Even though they were forcing her to choose a side between Black and Hispanic, she refuse and she accept herself as in and that\u2019s what I loved about her. I believe as human beings we all have the right to chase who we are and we should know do what society wants us to do. It was very powerful to me how she refused everyone and accepted herself as is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Identity is the qualities, beliefs, personality, looks, and\/or expressions that make a person or group. One can regard the awareness and the categorizing of identity as positive or as destructive. A psychological identity relates to self-image, self-esteem, and individuality. In the article \u201cThe Power of Identity Politics\u201d by Alicia Garza she shares her experiences. She wrote about this defensiveness from white people when spoken to about \u201crace issues\u201d and said how they fall under the impression that \u201cnaming it somehow perpetuates the dynamic of underrepresentation\u201d. Alicia was at a bar when she overhears a conversation between a white man and a white woman. They are discussing an actor when the white man says the actors\u2019 race (Egyptian) and continues saying that its great actors are getting more representation. To which the white woman responds saying, \u201cHe\u2019s a great actor, which is why he should be in more movies not because he\u2019s a person of color.\u201d I think it\u2019s unacceptable and we should just focus on being human beings because that\u2019s what we are in the end. I hate it when people keep talking about Black and White. We have to leave this racism behind us to do better in life because this is not taking us anywhere rather put us behind. Both of the readings were very powerful and I have people read them and understand that it\u2019s okay to be different and to be Black or White. It\u2019s okay to be Latina or Black, or Spanish. We all are created equally by God. Therefore society needs to stop making people choose between color and or things that he\/she should do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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