In other words, my social identities became clear as water. Even though I am a Latina, raised in a low-income household, a female, and heterosexual, I am capable of achieving my career goals if I do not let prejudice, racism, and discrimination take over who I am. Before, I had a lack of self-confidence because of the labels I was given by some of my social peers predominately by white folks. For instance, I had a Caucasian professor tell me that I was not college bound simply because my writing level was low compared to some of my white classmates. As a result, I felt inferior, stupid, and discriminated. Conversely, my mentality changed once I took courses about racism, gender and women studies, and sociology. My social identity became evident that I am a minority and underrepresented; however, this did not indicate that I was not equal to or incompetent compared to my other classmates. In other words, I was able to identify myself as unprivileged, and yet I was hardworking and determined to grow as a college
In other words, my social identities became clear as water. Even though I am a Latina, raised in a low-income household, a female, and heterosexual, I am capable of achieving my career goals if I do not let prejudice, racism, and discrimination take over who I am. Before, I had a lack of self-confidence because of the labels I was given by some of my social peers predominately by white folks. For instance, I had a Caucasian professor tell me that I was not college bound simply because my writing level was low compared to some of my white classmates. As a result, I felt inferior, stupid, and discriminated. Conversely, my mentality changed once I took courses about racism, gender and women studies, and sociology. My social identity became evident that I am a minority and underrepresented; however, this did not indicate that I was not equal to or incompetent compared to my other classmates. In other words, I was able to identify myself as unprivileged, and yet I was hardworking and determined to grow as a college