Personal Narrative: My Cultural Identity

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Everybody has a unique identity that is built up based on the 7 categories of otherness. These categories include age, gender, abled body, race, sexual orientation, economic status, and religion. My identity is a very complex one, to keep it simple, i've divided it into three categories: things I do right now, things I like, and my cultural identity.

As of today, there are two things that I regularly do, play soccer and hang out with my friends. I've been playing soccer for as long as a can remember. In elementary, my old friend and I were the only girls that played soccer with the guys, at first they treated us different because soccer was seen as a male sport, but over time they realized that we were just as good as they were, if not better. This year is my second year playing on the varsity soccer team at Tennyson high school, I would really like to play college soccer at a D1 college. I don't
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There's something about trucks that is just so beautiful, from the way they sound, to the way the truck itself looks. I love makeup so much, it truly is an art, your face is a blank canvas and it is your job to paint on it and create something exquisite. I haven't been watching Criminal Minds as much as I would, but it is an amazing show that will make you binge watch it. My family consist of mostly raider fans, I remember one Christmas when the Raiders were playing, we all sat around my living room to watch it, that was Charles Woodson’s last game and what can I say, it's something I'll always remember, when the game ended all the attention was on him and he started to say “raiiiiiddderrsssss!” And all of a sudden the crowd repeats this. The reason I like nike so much is because of its soccer clothing, almost all of my soccer stuff is Nike, it is a good brand that makes me feel comfortable when I

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