How race affects ones Identity

Issues of racial and ethnic identification have been a great controversy through out our history. Whether  it was back in times of slavery or today on streets filled with riots, racial identity has always been a topic to talk about.

Race is generally seen as what culture or ethnicity you are. However certain races have been treated poorly throughout our history. African  Americans, Hispanics, and Muslims are just a few ethnicities that have been treated poorly threw out Americas history. I believe that some of what has been done in the past has been carried over to the present. Certain races of people are being treated badly over things they cant control. An example of this would we 911. Because Muslim terrorist were responsible for what happened, most people view all Muslims as horrible people. When in reality they're not.

Another group of people that has come up a lot lately are Hispanics. with Trump wanting to build a wall there has been a lot of debating between people. I for one, don't think that there should even be a wall built because most people who cross the borders to get here have a very good reason for doing so. I don't think anyone who is coming to the U.S to better their families lives or escape from danger should be stopped, and that goes for all religions, races, and cultures.

Everyone is born into a race. I don't think its fair to judge people solely on past history of a group. The more we judge people the more likely they will believe what is being said about them and that's what causes people to do and be what everyone else pegs them for.













works cited
https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/race-society/race-ethnicity-and-identity-in-the-american-21st-century-research-roundup
https://pocahontas12.wordpress.com/2012/03/18/how-does-race-affect-our-identity/
http://www.markedbyteachers.com/as-and-a-level/sociology/how-do-race-and-ethncity-impact-on-formation-of-identity.html

How gender identity effects one's veiw of themselfs

  Gender identity is one's view of themselves being a man or a woman, and It seems to me that gender identity plays a big roll in a lot of big life choices. Like what jobs we want to go into or who to marry. Sometimes our identity and career choice is influenced more by how others see gender than how we personally see gender.
  Growing up you might remember thinking in general that boys were suppose to play with toy cars and girls where suppose to play with Barbie's or the saying, "run like a girl." because that's definitely the basic stereotype that was first made up and that a lot of young people see and hear about. However using these stereotypes is quite demeaning. It should be okay for a little girl to play with a toy car just like it should be okay for a little boy to play with a Barbie. Gender stereotypes shouldn't play a roll in what toy you want to play with as a child much less what career you want to go into as an adult.
   Throughout history different genders were expected to played different roles. Woman would cook and watch their children and men would work and go to war. Although times have changes dramatically, they're are still many individuals that view gender roles as still existing, and I believe that the way people view and label individuals has an effect on how we view ourselves. Any gender should be able to do any job as well as be able to view themselves however they want.






Works Cited
http://ematusov.soe.udel.edu/final.paper.pub/_pwfsfp/000000a8.htm
https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/psychological-Cultural-Differences-Sexual-Identity-Gender-Identity-and-Sexual-Orientation
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2661758/