Complexity Of Identity

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Who am I Everyone has their own interests, have their own characteristics. Name is not only on behalf of a person, but also on behalf of the all of things in this person. The article “The Complexity of Identity: ‘ Who Am I?’” said this:“The concept of identity is a complex one, shaped by individual characteristics, family dynamics, historical factors, and social and political contexts. ”(Tatum).Those things are the true representatives of each person. In my mind, I have a lot of things to think about who am I. I certain I am Chinese and also Cantonese speaker, I love Hiphop Music, I am funny person and I consider myself love creating videos.I do not know when those thoughts appear on my brain, but I know I have a reason to do these …show more content…
I love listening Hiphop Rap music, Hiphop dress and beatbox. I feel these things are very cool. Tianyang is really my best friend, he said:“The only thing I remember is your favorite rapper, you had never stop talking about him.”(Tianyang). He still remember this and he is right, I had never stop talking about my favorite rapper. The reason was started from the first rap song I heard,it was from the radio. At that time, I was only 10 years old. After heard that song, I immediately love the all of thing of that song. Its lyric,its melody and its rapper. I think that song is the most cool thing in the world. Later, I began to find a lot of informations about this rapper and this kind of Music. I started to know what is Hiphop. I came into contact with Hiphop. I think Hiphop are regardless of national boundaries, regardless of language. When I came to America, I cannot talk a lot with other people since my English was poor. Until one day in school at the class breaks, I saw some classmates are hearing some Rapping songs and doing the rapping battle, I did not hesitate to join them. I used my Rapping songs to chat with them. We had a lot of fun during the Hiphop chat. We all are from different countries, but we all have the same interest. Hiphop is one of the favorite things in most of males and also females, Hiphop became my good way to chat with other people. I cannot stop myself loving

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