It's Hard Enough Being Me Analysis

In the article, “It’s Hard Enough Being Me” written by Anna Lisa Raya. Anna Lisa struggled with her identity while she was an undergraduate student attending Columbia University in New York. She’s the daughter of a second-generation Mexican American father and a Puerto Rican mother and grew up in Los Angeles, California. Anna Lisa, all her life has identified herself as a Mexican. However, now that she’s in her new environment in college and having to identify herself with a broad term “Latina” she experiencing an identity crisis. She complained how complicated it was going from her hometown being part of a majority to entering college and now being the minority. As well as, being a sell out in her own race for not being able to speak the native language. I know from my own personal experiences defining who you are can be very difficult. Who defines us? Society and it’s
This issue is significant because characterizing people and limiting them just because they look and act a certain way can be a huge burden on them mentally and socially. Society are going to always try to limit someone. People are always going to judge and belittle people that don’t fit in or don’t act a certain way. Raya and so many other people go through stuff like this all the time. It takes a while to figure out exactly who they are, and the process is not easy. The advice that she was given should be told to everyone that has a similar problem, “be true to yourself. Because people will always complain about what you are doing—you are a ‘spic’ no matter what…so you might as well do things for yourself and not for them.” This is the best advice that could have been given. Basically, don’t listen to what everyone else has to say, they are going to talk and judge regardless. As long as you know who you are, you shouldn’t have o explain or prove yourself to anyone