The spot on my arm where I had touched the creatures had turned the same color as the monsters, charcoal. The color began to spread up my arm the longer I touched the things. I had to run. Using as much willpower as I could muster, I moved my arm away from the beasts. I was awakened from the trance by pain shooting up my arm.…
When I think about the boy who I was growing up, the young adult I am today, and the man I plan to be in the forthcoming years, one aspect of my life stands out to me far more radiantly than anything else: my culture, my skin, my identity as a Bangladeshi-American. There aren't many clubs or organization for Bangladeshi Americans such as myself. Make no mistake, there are certainly events for Bangladeshis living in the United states, many that I have attended due to various entreaties from my parents. These are event where the only language spoken is one that I barely speak (Bengali), the only music conversed about is that which I don't listen to or understand, and the only events discussed happen in another country that I have spent only a…
One’s identity is who they truly are as a person. People don’t define you. you define yourself. You define yourself with your actions, personality, and the roles you play in other people’s lives. At this point in my life I’m still trying to figure out who I am.…
My heart was beating in fear and in excitement as I wondered what they were going to do to me. Why in fear? DUDE! I was captured by freaken ALIENS!! (Or maybe an advanced group of humans that the world doesn't even know made them but....…
My vision blurred slightly as my eyes stung. Damn it. I was sure that my eyes were as deadly brown as I imagined them to be. Taking a look at my legs, I noticed my pants had a rip where my knee was on show.…
Identity is what makes a person who they are. It is how you are perceived and how people see you. It's the way that you act around others that makes you who you are. People don't really know who someone truly is, so all that they can judge on is what they see on the outside. Each person has their own self identity and a different story on how they got it, whether it was from an event that happened in their life or something they grew up with.…
"You only act indifferently to look cool. " My friend once told me. Although he talked in a playful manner, his answer came to me as if a punch to my face. If anyone asked about my personality, I would highlight my indifference. I considered it one of my strengths, and until then, I thought it as my inborn personality.…
How I Came to Be I thought I knew who I was before coming to this school, I thought that I had everything figured out. People have always taught that I should not be racist or stereotype other people. That judging other people based on the color of their skin is bad and should never be done.…
The faith that has most influenced my life was accepting who I am. I was born to Vietnamese parents; however, I did not believe myself as Vietnamese. I always pretended to be Japanese because I did not want to be different from my Japanese friends. I learned Vietnamese from my father since I was a child, and my parents always communicate with me in Vietnamese. Literally, I did not prefer to speak in Vietnamese, especially in public, because I cared about what others think of my family.…
Explaining one’s identity is very difficult. That is why I registered for the leading diversity class, to try to understand what would be acceptable to identify oneself in today’s society. Looking at what this generation is trying to do, from identifying themselves based on their race, culture, sexual orientation, I believe that it is very hard to describe everything about oneself in one word without being judged. That is why in my opinion I believe that our generation needs to shift their way of thinking into a broad perspective without judging one another In the “who I am” article, I was hooked on the paragraph where a professor asked a group of students to answer the following question “I am __________” in 60 seconds.…
In this world today, at 6’2 feet tall, 192 pounds, Brown eyes, Black male, With the most energetic personality in the world… DALLAS TERRIONTAYE GLASPER. I am athletic in anyway, I am a character, funny, highly intelligent, etc!! My parents got my name from Texas! Originally my name should have been Austin. I would not change it because I love my name more than ever.…
When I was young, I adopted my ethnicity because of the family I was born into. I use to dislike my ethnicity because of being judged of my race, but today that’s all different. I feel content about it and want to explore extensively with my identity. I’m fairly comfortable because of the experiences I had, and the people I encountered throughout life. Me being a Pakistani born American is my identity, and following the practices of Islam as my religion.…
My background is central to my identity, because who I was then and the memories I have now, with the things that happened to me throughout my life, have changed me into who I am today. Yet, in the past few years, I have changed drastically and still am growing into the person I want to be. The three main sections, and or concepts, that make me who I am today, are who I was, who I am and who I will be. Beginning with, who I was, I was never a child that wanted to be out in a crowd with others, especially with others I didn’t agree with. So instead of doing things other kids did, throughout elementary school I stayed back and helped the teacher clean up the room.…
Everyone has their own personal identities some may be private and others are made public. People can share the same personal identity but have it be different since it is their own, such as two friends are each considered daughters but they are not the same daughter. Everyone has many different factors that make up their identity some of my public identity traits are female, daughter, friend, student, American, and a CNA. Many different traits make up who I am today that is why they are important. Each different trait has a different meaning on my life and I would not be who I am without each of them.…
When I think of myself today, a truthful person comes to mind. However, six years ago, there came a time in life where certain situations took control over my identity. Who I am today is the complete opposite of who I was back then. As I look back, I never am able to tell If the change in my identity was positive or negative. The only way of knowing is telling my story to you.…