Five Plural Identities Of My Social Identity

With my identification as mainly White, I receive more privileges from this affliction and privilege that other groups do not always inquire. I feel that this identity offers me a lot of opportunities to develop as a person, but also creates ignorance towards other minority groups. I used to strongly hold the belief that people of color should not been seen as their skin color and should be treated only based on their human value. Even though sometimes ignoring skin color can be beneficial, it can create strong oppression towards cultural differences and not allow for diversity to be present in the community. My ignorance towards decreased my understanding on why certain groups were being oppressed and different cultural ways that I could fix those being oppressed. The identity of being White can help me reach opportunities that increase my chances as a human being, but it also increases the chances of other groups being oppressed by my White

In this sense, I noticed how privileged I am because of my sexuality, socioeconomic status, and country of origin. I was raised in a European country where I had the same ethnicity as the majority. Coming from an upper-middle class family, I never suffered from poverty or the stigma associated with it. This means that I grew up in a nice house and in a nice neighborhood where my neighbors were also middle-class families. I could walk alone around my neighborhood without the concern that I could be assaulted or robbed. This means that I was part of a privileged group, but without being aware of it since, as a kid, my parents could afford healthy food, medical bills (such as dentists, dental brackets, or new glasses) but, also toys and clothes. Furthermore, I was able to participate in extracurricular activities or go to college without worrying about the financial cost. Moreover, I have not struggled with stereotypes or stigmas that come with lower socioeconomic statuses such as thinking that they are less educated. Thus, I was never questioned for being intelligent, honest, or hard-working. Overall, I never faced discrimination or racism and that makes me unaware of how it truly feels like. For that reason, I need to acknowledge my identity

My father is Mexican, and my mother is White. I was born in California, however, when was 4 yrs. old we moved to Mexico. We did not returned to the United States till I turned 15 yrs. old. Although my first language was English, once I moved to Mexico, I became fluent in Spanish. Life coming back to America was hard, I did understand English perfectly since my mother always spoke to us in English, however, and I could no longer speak it. I was placed in ELL classes, and although I was very smart in many subjects, because I did not speak English, I was placed in easy classes, where we did nothing. They focus so much on learning the language that they fail to teach you. I survived; however, I knew the other classmates looked down at us. They would not speak to us, and they will make rude racial comments when referring to any of us.

The issues I have is that I saw so much of my own responses in the negative ones. I never have stopped to think about the privileges I receive just because of the color of my skin. I instead think about the disadvantages of those who come from a

How many people living in the twenty-first century can say they have truly been oppressed because the color of their skin? Sadly, it is more than many would like to admit. In the history of the United States, African Americans were forced to face oppression daily. They were forced to be slaves and work in terrible conditions without pay. Even after the abolishment of slavery, they were forced to use separate facilities and were still not treated equally. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.” For many African Americans, being oppressed in such a way caused them to lose any hopes they had in achieving their dreams; however, for some, it only

My social identity plays a huge part in shaping and defining my role as a leader. The way I view myself combined with the way that others view me frames the narrative of my opportunities to be a leader in many ways. Of my various social identity characteristics, the two that play the largest part in my life are my gender and appearance as a woman and my economic standing as lower middle class.

Originally proposed by Tajfel and Turner, the Social Identity Theory (SIT) can be described as the comparison between the individual self and the social self. More specifically, it is the individual’s perception that is derived from their membership of a social group (ingroups and outgroups) or personal identities. The theory is divided into three different psychological mechanisms: social categorization, social comparison, and the tendency for people to use the group membership as a source to gain self-esteem. A theory is defined as a theory as long as it meets the two requirements: describing behaviors and the ability to describe/see the future behaviors of individuals. Since the behaviors of individuals can be based on the social

Social identity theory is a theory which is intended to explain how people develop a sense of belonging and membership in particular groups, and how the workings of intergroup discrimination work. Social identity theory plays an important role in the study of social psychology. To some degree, everyone is influenced by social identity theory. Social Identity Theory tries to explain such intergroup discrimination in the 'real world' as well as in the circumstance of the minimal groups. The theory claims a process of social identification and positive self-esteem, “People can boost their self-esteem through their own personal achievements or through affiliation with successful groups” (Kassin, Fein, & Markus, 2008, 150). When a person is

The condition in which a person simultaneously belongs to two or more social categories or social statuses and the unique

Identity? Identity is the fact of being who or what a person or thing is. Some people think they know someone’s identity by the external factors but, external factor does not make up an identity because there are also internal factors. My identity is made up of multiple factors.

In everyday talk to reach personal aspects of who they are, as well as group-level identifications, people implement many different practices in speech to help support these identities. Identities are important because it influence how a communication interact, and “shape how they communicate” Category approaches treat identities as stable aspects of persons that shape how they communicate (Tracy & Robles, 2013, p 20).

Society has a way of making assumptions based on one’s physical characteristics. Often at times we categorize individuals to a particular social group. In regard to society’ perception of an individual this however, contributes to the development of social construction of racism. Most people want to be identified as individuals rather than a member of specific social group. As a result, our social identity contains different categories or components that were influenced or imposed. For example, I identify as a, Jamaican, Puerto Rican and a person of color. I identify racially as a person of color and ethically as Jamaican and Puerto Rican. According to Miller and Garren it’s a natural human response for people to make assumptions solely

Many people question themselves, what is it exactly that makes them unique? What is it that defines them as a unique person that no one in the world possesses? In philosophy, these questions do not have just one answer, and all answers are correct depending on which theory appeals most and makes sense to you. In general, there are two ways people approach this question, some say that a person’s identity is the “self” that carries all of their experiences, thoughts, memories, and consciousness (ego theorists), and some say that a person’s identity is just a bundle of experiences and events that a person has been through in their life, these people deny that the “self” exists (bundle theorists). In this paper, I will be arguing that a person’s identity is just a bundle of experiences, denying the self and the memory criterion.

Social identity theory, it is a person’s sense that is based around the group they are in, either by their personal identity or with different kinds of social identities. That is, people will try to improve their own image of themselves. The theory was proposed by Henri Tajfel. People can increase their self-esteem by both their own achievement and interaction with a successful group of people. This shows the importance of social belonging. This theory is based around three mental processes, social categorization, social identification and social comparison.

This study based its framework on the three theories of the nature of factors that may affect individual’s involvement to a group such as fraternity. The first, according to Tajfel and Turner (1979), social identity theory proposed that groups give a sense of social identity. According to McLeod (2008), “Social identity is a person’s sense of who they are based on their group membership(s).” He added that groups can give an individual a sense of social identity which gives a sense of connection to the social world (simplypsychology.org). .