In all honesty I think that your identity is a concept that you develop about yourself over the course of your lifetime.I also think that knowing who you are makes up your identity. Like the traits you carry in your personality. Also certain aspects in your life you have no jurisdiction over, such as where you grew up and how you were raised. In addition to what choices you decide for yourself in life and what you as an individual believes in. I don’t think that things like race,gender, and etc… should make up your identity. I think our identity is important to us because it makes up something that is apart of who we are as we go through life.
With regards on the subject identity journalists, Erin Aubry Kaplan begins to suggests in “ Black Like I Thought I Was” that your race is an aspect of your identity. She first supports her this by using Wayne Joseph’s racial error as an example to explain how Wayne’s physical …show more content…
This also supports my opinion that what others say about you shouldn’t matter and it is what you believe and honestly feel is a true aspect that makes up your