Joey Abely Dr. Drown ELA-123 January 28, 2019 Who Are We? Every single person in the world no matter race, skin color, or origin all share something in common; we all have identities. Identities are essential to our salvation as human beings. They separate us from the other 7.5 billion people who inhabit the world with us. Identities make us unique from other people and are used to define who we are and often are given to us based off…
So I find myself again in another free write on a different Article about identity, and yet again I was given the instructions to write about three different concepts of the article that related to identity and basically explain them. But after reading this article, so moved and so touched, I realized that I would be unable to do so. This article touches basically all of the edges surrounding identity and what it is and how to find it in…
Quotes: “… we have multiple identities and multiple points of contact with other people, and it’s almost never true that there is no shared ground at all.” (Appiah) “IF YOU DEFINE YOURSELF THROUGH THE ACT OF OPPOSITION, THEN YOU’RE LETTING THE OPPRESSORS SET THE TERMS” (Appiah) “If you allow your identity to be totally shaped by your opposition to a dominant culture, as many racial groups have done because of the history of racism and xenophobia, you can become locked…
