Preview

Being Proud Of My Identity

Satisfactory Essays
Open Document
Open Document
423 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Being Proud Of My Identity
With all the hatred and negativity going on in today's society being proud of my identity is much more challenging; especially when more than half of my identity is criticized and villainized in major media outlets. Everyone’s identity consists of multiple components, for me, my family’s background and religious beliefs are two major components that shape my identity. Post 9/11 people who identify as Arabs and/or Muslims have been looked down upon, even more so now due to recent political events. The rise in xenophobia towards Arabs and Muslims by the media and government officials has led many people in our society to justify discrimination. Nowadays many people in America see me and automatically start to stare me down as if I am some type
Continue Reading
View Writing Issues

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    My Own Identity Essay
    • 870 Words
    • 4 Pages

    My Own Identity Essay

    One’s own identity is derived not by circumstances, but rather by his or her experiences, moral values, as well as motivation. Especially in today’s media, people love to read or watch about impossible stories of rags-to-riches, and they try to incorporate those stories’ motivational plots into their quest to become successful. I concur with Thomas Merton in that I believe “identity is much more than the name or features one is born with. True identity is something people must create for themselves.” One’s origin does not fully account for one’s identity, but it is shaped rather by actions and perception of self. Ideals from “People Inside Me”, “Cut”, and “Commencement Speech at Mount Holyoke College” all influence my point of view regarding…

    • 870 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    A7A 4 EVER
    • 255 Words
    • 2 Pages

    A7A 4 EVER

    In both “On Becoming an Arab” and “Homo Religiosus,” identities are influenced by interaction with a society at large, whether through coming of age rituals and religion as Armstrong describes or through nationalist ideology as Ahmed recounts. Carefully considering the examples and evidence in both texts, respond to this question: To what extent is identity chosen and to what extent is it forced on us?…

    • 255 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Japanese Americans In 'Without Due Process'
    • 598 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Japanese Americans In 'Without Due Process'

    Even today, in the year 2006, the American government along with its people is culturally prejudiced. The most recent display of these injustices has occurred since September 11, 2000. After an attack on American soil by al-Qaeda, Arab Americans have been racially profiled intensely. Quoted in the New York Times, Azhar Usman (a burly American-born Muslim with a heavy black beard) states “he elicits an almost universal reaction when he boards an airplane at any United States airport: conversations stop in mid-sentence and the look in the eyes of his fellow passengers says, ‘We're all going to die!’” (Macfarquhar, NY Times 2006). Similar to Japanese Americans, Arab Americans can be easily identified therefore making it easier to…

    • 598 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    Me It Was Friday Analysis
    • 892 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Me It Was Friday Analysis

    Identity is one aspect of a human that makes one different from everyone else. This is the essential core of all humans. Each person is born in his own country and with his own unique and personal identity. However, as each one grows, his or her identity is consistently changing. What would happen if these factors created no distinction between one another? Would there be a clear contrast between people, or would everyone just be identical? It is evident that if there was no personal identity, then everyone would be the same and there would be no contrast or distinction between people. In Leila Ahmed’s “On becoming an Arab,” Jean Twenge’s “An Army of One: Me,” and Andrew Bacevich’s “When I Woke Up Tuesday Morning, It Was Friday,” each author discusses aspects of one’s identity. To Ahmed……, Andrew Bacevich explains the problems that America is having with foreign goods and oil, and how President Carter deals with the situation. To Twenge, the influence of education teaching self-esteem has created a lower educational standards and a raise of narcissism in a person. A person’s personal identity is formed and affected by their influence with their surroundings and the…

    • 892 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Negative Effects Of Being Afghan-American
    • 225 Words
    • 1 Page

    Negative Effects Of Being Afghan-American

    As I was growing up, I never knew what it meant to be “Afghan-American”, frankly I didn’t even know a cohesive blend of the two cultures even existed. I saw the two as mutually exclusive identities, so I proceeded to act as an “American” with my school friends and as “Afghan” with my family. At the time, I thought this was normal and I was not aware of the negative effects it had on my personality and way of life. As my self confidence and identity strengthened, I realized how lucky I was to be Afghan and American. I finally saw the strengths in the two and merged them together. I now stand tall and proudly, expressing my utmost satisfaction with my identity. At UC Irvine, I assisted in the establishment of an Afghan Student Union and I have…

    • 225 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Diversity And Special Populations: Annotated Bibliography
    • 2296 Words
    • 10 Pages

    Diversity And Special Populations: Annotated Bibliography

    This article discusses how Arab 's migrated to the United States and the labeling of various groups of Arabs as well as confusion with other Middle Easterners. Moreover, it talks about how racism and discrimination of the Arab Americans ever since September 11, 2001. Additionally, it points out that many Arab Americans that are not too fluent in English and are not citizens of the United States are seldom social and more private with their life.…

    • 2296 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Arab Americans Pros And Cons
    • 738 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Arab Americans Pros And Cons

    While that may not be true, situation has become much more complex in post-9/11 United States. “For a long time, media scholars and researchers across the world have been talking about "The three B syndrome" in which Muslims and/or Arabs are always being portrayed as one of the three B's: billionaire, bomber, and belly dancer.” (Nawar) Arabs not only deviate in their religious orientation, but also in their views on culture and their ethnicity. Most of Arabs came for education not offered in their homeland and refuge from warring countries. Many are given the line, all too familiar to Arab Americans, "Why don't you go back where you came from?" If one looked Arab or had a foreign name that sounded Arab, he or she was targeted. The terrorist attacks of September 11th not only brought Arabs to public attention, but also put them in the spotlight discrimination and…

    • 738 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Self Identity In Brave New World
    • 2069 Words
    • 9 Pages

    Self Identity In Brave New World

    “To know our refuse is to know ourselves. We mark our own trail from past to present with what we've used and consumed, fondled, rejected, outgrown.”…

    • 2069 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Identity and Belonging
    • 621 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Identity and Belonging

    Chinese Whispers: A game played everywhere in the world, in which a message is whispered by one person to another, that is passed through a line of people until the message is announced by the last person to the entire group.…

    • 621 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Differences Between Hispanics And Latinos
    • 479 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Differences Between Hispanics And Latinos

    While it is great that our country is filled with many people from all around the world the United States needs to do a better job of allowing people to maintain their true identity instead of broadly categorizing people of similar cultural identity. The people that live in this country all bring something unique and that needs to be recognized and…

    • 479 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Personal Narrative: My Cultural Identity
    • 1909 Words
    • 8 Pages

    Personal Narrative: My Cultural Identity

    I am prideful that i am unique in my color (skin tone),physical attributes (the prevalence of butt implants/lifts), the accomplishments of my cultural (invention of peanut butter, curling iron, street lights, constructing the white house, president), building America (working the fields, contributing to the economic growth of America), traditions (wedding ceremonies of the jumping the broom), food (soul food, creole, music (Jazz, Hip Hop, Rhythm and Blues), and literature (Langston Hughes, Ricard Wright, Zora Neale Hurston and Maya Angelou); i am also prideful of the fact that the human race originated in Africa. The thing that I am shameful about as an african american in the year 2015 is that racism is still strong due to ignorance and the loss of the astonishing amount of african american males that are being taken due to violence, discrimination, substance abuse, poverty, and mental illnesses. I believe that the prideful and shameful aspects of the African american has impacted me as a person. I have realized that I have a strong sense of my self worth and ability. I am more hyper vigilant when it comes to situations of racial discrimination and prejudice. As I get older, and as a 30 year old, African american female with no children, I feel that my cultural identity has shifted. When I was in my teen years, I aspired to follow the norm and strived to be accepted by my…

    • 1909 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Essay On My Identity
    • 648 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Essay On My Identity

    The identity we assume can often be a large part of how we see ourselves and how others around us can get a snapshot of our personalities, our origins, and how we wish to be portrayed. Sometimes the line between distinct identities can be blurred and a person can lose sight of who they are or where they feel like they belong most. Such can often be the case for immigrants as myself, who can sometimes struggle to find the identity that addresses the new life they have molded into and most represents their culture and experiences.…

    • 648 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Philosophy Of Personal Identity
    • 1501 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Philosophy Of Personal Identity

    Personal Identity has been a fascinating topic for philosophers all over the world. When you talk about personal Identity it makes you think to yourself “What is personal Identity?” Personal Identity can be a lot of things, to each person the meaning can be different. Personal Identity can be how you want the public to perceive you. Personal Identity can also mean upholding a certain standard/ attitude to maintain the status quo of who you are. This very question has left philosophers with many ideas on personal identity and the plus and minuses to it. Personal Identity is the concept you develop about yourself that expands over a course of your life. There are certain aspects of your life that involves personal identity that you have no control…

    • 1501 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    My Gender Identity
    • 1768 Words
    • 8 Pages

    My Gender Identity

    I identify as a white, middle class, male-gendered ripple on this quasi-spatial persistent illusion we call life. As a member of the dominant group (at least in these categories) it is difficult to tease out the precise moments of acute realization that I “belonged” to any of these groups. Rather, it seems like I exist in the way things have always been: in the way my life was always meant to be. Nonetheless, the following is my attempt to unearth the scaffoldings that molded me towards this set of identities and to expose the ways in which my pathway through engineering has been (and will be) altered by them.…

    • 1768 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    My Racial Identity
    • 1119 Words
    • 5 Pages

    My Racial Identity

    I first realized my outward identity when I was in kindergarten. I went to a Disney Princess party dressed as Aurora, since I thought she was the prettiest princess. When I arrived, my two blonde-hair, blue-eyed best friends told me that I couldn’t be Aurora, and that I had to change to Pocahontas. Inwardly, I didn’t see myself as different. Being of mixed race, I never identified more of one than the other, and I always felt that I fit in perfectly with my peers and classmates. That changed when I realized that I was seen as a dark-skin, brown-eyed, and dark-haired girl; a Filipino. To the people I grew up with, I looked different. But because of the fact that I was also half white, I only experienced the social implications of being Filipino, and never the educational implications. Despite the occasional social setbacks of being biracial, the education system took to my race kindly, and I have been offered experiences and opportunities…

    • 1119 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More