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Personal Semiotics
In essence I am the six blind men, and the world is my elephant. I am right, but I am wrong. My semiotics not only guide me through the world, they blind me to it as well. My culture, my family, and global cosmopolitanism. These 3 streams of semiotics heavily influence how I create my world.

A large part of my identity is my racial background. It plays a major role in who I am, and how I view everything around me. My social circle is full of people who are considered to be minorities. When I view news broadcastings mentioning black people in America being the receivers of police brutality, it causes me to feel a personal connection and a personal loss. Not only am I black, but I’m also American. People like Donald Trump being in control …show more content…
All throughout my life, my parents have constantly expected perfection, or as close to that as I could get. They want me to be the best that I could possibly be. Unconsciously, this ideal has become my standard and I don’t want to accept failure or disappointment. Not from myself or the people I chose to surround myself with. I expect the best from everyone.

Having this standard makes me a very picky person. I don’t befriend just anyone, or allow myself to be surrounded by just anyone. Not to say that I am not welcoming of everyone I met, but very few of those people become important to me.

At first glance I don’t look very friendly, and at second glance you realize I’m not. The reason being, I don’t want to tolerate people who bring drama into my life. For example, I had a close friend in middle school, when suddenly she changed. Maybe it was wrong for me not to accept her changing, but at the same time I know what I want to be surrounded by, and the new her was not it. She became someone I no longer enjoyed being around. Her values had shifted, being popular and going to parties were her new normal. I don’t value those things, and as a result, we are no longer
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