Identity politics is extremely interesting to me. I think it’s because it benefits minorities very well. I have come across many women like the blonde girl in the bar, and even men. You hear people tell you to forget about the past so much that you start to believe that they’re right and you’re holding onto something that is irrelevant, but that’s not true. They simply just don’t understand our identity. Garza mentions that this wouldn’t have been a topic if white people didn’t treat us badly throughout history. I agree completely. Identity politics is actually unfortunate because different races shouldn’t need a subgroup to a movement. Womens rights should naturally represent all women, but it doesn’t. In “Too Latina To Be Black, Too Black To Be Latina”, I don’t feel like I resonated with Aleichia Williams completely. I always went to school with Caribbean students and people of my skin tone, so I don’t know what It feels like to be discriminated in an academic environment. In general, Ive always felt frustrated when people questioned my identity because they couldn’t tell where I was from. Having parents of even darker skin tone makes it harder to explain how we’re hispanic and also black. I believe the lack of hispanic history and latin culture being taught in schools is the reason why many people don’t understand. Having to give a mini lesson to people every time is tiring. A comparison I always mention is South Africans. Their skin doesn’t make them any less African than someone of darker skin. My skin doesn’t make me any less Latina or black. Regardless of how other people view me, my identity is something no one can take from me.