How Does Identity Affect One's Identity?

Is it correct that all African-Americans are good at sports? It seems that people often mess up one’s identity with how his or her looks . However, I strongly believe that one’s identity is chosen by oneself instead of anyone else. In this essay, I will explain my opinions by the following reasons and supporting details.
First of all, your identity depends on yourself, not others. Although it is obvious that some important parts of your identity such as your name, your race, and your appearance are given by your parents, you could still change your identity and others’ views on you by changing the personality of yourself or getting familiarized by others. Take the story of Rose Park for an example. Back to the 1950s, as a minority group, African-Americans did not have many
In the opposite of being given the identity for the whole life, you are always in control of your identity, for you choose how you react to situations; you choose how people affect your mood; you choose what part of personality to show to others; you choose how you live your life. For instance, it is hard to believe that Ralph Lauren, the richest man in American fashion with a net worth of $6.5 billion, privileged a lifestyle which was a far cry away from his modest upbringing. Growing up as part of a Jewish immigrant working-class family, he revealed struggles of his youth life. At the age of 12, he worked after school and was mocked for selling hand-made ties to his fellow students at school. He would spend his afternoons as a teenager at the cinema dreaming of a better life, and he always believes that he can change his life as well as the whole world. Ralph once asked: ''People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams.'' And influenced by this sense of dream, he successfully changed from a glove salesman to a