The story by Aleichia Williams and her experience on being a black Latina is a prime example of Identity politics. She specifies that when she moved from the big city New York to a small town in North Carolina it was a cultural shock for her. Aleichia explains that the Spanish girls in her class did not like her and talked about her in their language, thinking she didn’t know the language. Her classmates couldn’t believe she was latina because of how dark she was. This is what identity politics is, she was hated by a group of latina girls because she was a dark skinned spanish girl. Aleicha instantly realized that she was not only Spanish but black as well. In North Carolina, she had to learn how to identify as two different races. She was placed in a category she had no idea she qualified for. I guess identity politics means to be placed in a category based on one’s race, sex, cutlure, religion, etc. Wherever you go throughout the world, we become a part of different identities. For instance, how Aleichia grew up in New York she was always latina. However, in North Carolina she is considered black and spanish. In the novel about the blonde lady in the bar by Alicia Garica, is a real eye opener about identity politics. The author talks about a drunk blonde in the same bar as her. She makes a comment about how black and white people should just be equal and move on from black oppression. However, Alicia explains that in today’s society everyone, specifically white people don’t try to understand slavery and what the whites did to the black people. They just want everyone to move on and be equal. The author made me realize that we will never truly move on from black oppression for the simple reason that we need to understand what went on. Nobody wants to deal with black history and what we had to endure from white people. Instead of just wanting to be equal, let’s try to analyze and understand it. Topics that I would like to explore for the rest of the semester is bullying, drug use and how it affects children and families. Also I think how broken houses can be passed down through generations. Lately, I think many women have gotten into the idea that men are supposed to provide everything for them. I don’t think that is right, because why work for freedom all these years and liberation from men just to depend on them all over again.