Identity Development Model In Kolhberg's Moral Development

In this essay, I will be talking about where I fall on Kolhberg’s moral development, Cass’ model of identity development for LGBT community and Cross’ racial identity development. For Kolhberg’s model, I believe I’m at stage four, which is the compliance with the law and the authority, because I follow both legal and social norms, even though following the social norms sometimes conflict with my internal moral principles. I’m at Identity Synthesis in Cass’ model, because I only view my sexual orientation as a part of my identity rather than seeing it as the only identity that I have. In Cross’ racial identity development model, I believe that I am at Internalization, because I embrace my own racial identity but do not degrade white identity and values, although I still have some negative assumptions about white people, especially when I do not interact enough with them. Lastly, I talk about what I has been doing as an ally and what I wish to do more in the future. As of now, as an ally, I try to educate myself and others on oppression, and I try to create a friendly environment for people in oppressed groups. I want to be more assertive on both micro and macro level …show more content…
I generally don’t have any problem socializing with white people, although my friend group consists primarily of people of my race. I’m proud of my racial identity and the cultural piece that comes with it, and I actively embrace my cultural and racial identity by being aware of the white and western cultural values and the difference between these cultures. I do not think of all white people as bad or racist, as I know white people as a group don’t all share the same characteristic. However, if I do not know them well and that they have negative attitude toward me, I am more likely to view a white person as discriminatory or being uncomfortable with my race rather than attributing the negative attitude toward other