Essay On The Complexity Of Identity

I want to complete college. Despite all the many possible goals and dreams that the majority desire to fulfill, I aspire to finish college in the appropriate amount of time. Although my goal is relatively simple, the journey to succeed can be overall difficult and challenging. Some obstacles that lie ahead for me are due to race. Race itself is controversial because it subtly generalizes everyone and categorizes the human population by privileges and by deciding who is the subordinate or the dominate. The dangerous part is, no matter how it is denied or ignored, it is a part of identity. Race is a pressing issue because it unconsciously binds everyone to certain privileges, which is prevalent in the Rutgers Newark community and mainly to me …show more content…
However, another reason is because of the diversity the campus boasts about. I can attend other colleges with less variety of ethnicities and lose my identity that the other side of my brain wants or continue to be exposed to the multiculturalism that I practically lived with and use those experiences to fight back against blatant stereotypes. Similar as Tatum’s The Complexity of Identity when she says : “Who am I? The answer depends in large part on who the world around me says I am” (Tatum 6). I want people to not tell me that I am Indian or mixed race, but I am a proud individual no matter what race I …show more content…
It does not matter what orientation, background or gender a person is. Humans are bounded by gender and cultural constructions in order to maintain order and hierarchy of the world. However, in the process it is erasing voices from the subordinates and amplifying the voices of the dominants. In my case, I need Social Justice because of my education and career path. I do not want to be looked down because of what I look like, instead I want to be regarded as an equal. Although the science field is very diverse and welcoming, the outside world is not. I need to be prepared for