Social Identity Paper

Individual Reflection
The social identities that I identify with would be age, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, educational background, and language. I would identify with these social identities because they describe who I am. I am a 32-year-old heterosexual male of European descent who speaks English, is a Christian, has completed a vocational course in Automotive technology, Military training as a diesel mechanic, an Associates of Science in Pre-Nursing, and is currently working on my Bachelors of Science in Nursing. I would say that these social identities describe who I am pretty well. Up until this point I have not put much thought into social identities and privileged groups. From what I have been exposed to in this class I would say that I would be described as privileged in the following social identity groups: Gender, Race, Religion, Sexual Orientation, Socio-Economic Status, Educational background, and Language. I am not sure as to which social identities I would be considered non-privileged. When it comes to awkward situations and social identities none really come to mind that I was directly involved in. I try to be very open minded when talking with people or working with people when it comes to who they are and what they believe. I feel that I have learned a lot about …show more content…
There are still white and black people that make up this community, but now there are more Asians and Hispanic people as well. The socio-economic make up is about the same, however there are probably more people in the upper socio-economic class here than where I grew up, but that could be due to the increased size in the population. People in this community are also more open about their sexual identity here as well. There are a lot of heterosexual people, but also a lot more people are feeling comfortable about identifying with the LGBTQ sexual