Social Categories

In order for me to say what social category I identify with then I would like to define social category. Social category is a group of people who do not interact with each other but share similar characteristics. I actually identify with many social categories. The main one would be my race because I am African American. I also identify with those who have tattoos, piercings, and last I am a woman. The two most important categories to me would be the fact that I am African American and I am a woman.
As we all know African Americans had a bad history. There has always been a time when we were looked down on mainly due to the color of our skin. We never got the opportunities that other races may have gotten and it was a struggle to deal with. We have been judged in so many different ways and categorized just based on experiences that people had with other African Americans. We are all human and should not be judge based on the color of our skin but because who we are as individuals and what we stand for.
Way back in history is when I think that African Americans had it the worst. They were slaves and it was so segregated. They were not allowed in certain restaurants, in fact majority of them were “white only” restaurants. There were separate restrooms, schools, churches and stores. African Americans had to sit on the back of the bus and if a white person came on the bus and needed a seat the blacks were forced to give theirs up. One major thing was slavery because it took a long time for it to end and they were beaten for not doing what they should have. African Americans had to cook, clean, take care of the whites children, and also pick cotton. When they picked cotton they would be out from sunrise to sunset in the hot sun and many of them eventually had back backs from bending over so much. Some of the white men even had sex with the black women. African Americans faced so many problems back in history that many people would not have been able to survive.