By Serita
People get to choose their identity by dressing, the music they listen to, culture, race, gender, etc. Our identity is selected by how one’s raise, for instance, your parents buying you girl/boys clothing, specific toys your “gender” is supposed to play with. This reflects our childhood, but also the people around you can influence your identity and characteristics. Yes, I noticed a trend that our society gets to decide which aspects you are. Social media is apart of the trend; we compare ourselves to other people prettier, taller, and talented than us. We get influenced based on celebrity’ actions, clothing, makeup, etc. However, we should not always listen to what society has to say about our identity, gender, and intersectionality. I believe that racism plays a massive role in our identity, like Black and Asian people being targeted against hate crimes. Just because of someone’s race, nobody should have the right to be threatened, mistreated. Therefore, our society should be the blame for one’s identity and how we act and dress in a certain way.
I agree with your response our society has built these norms so that we will think it’s ok to be labeled as something that some people may feel like they arent or still don’t know what they are. I feel like with time there will hopefully be different norms where people can be accepted for what they feel like they are even though society says something else. I found your response interesting and I think that these are problems that should be talked about and shouldn’t be put away because it’s a very hard conflict that we are facing right now with racism and mistreatment.