Reflective Essay: The Loss Of Identity In High School

The crowd was roaring and happily jumping from the intersection that just happened against the TCU. Everyone was ecstatic as the students waved their white towels and cheered on our team. The smell of donuts and popcorn filled the air as the game heated up. Waves of yellow and maroon filled the stadium like one united nation. During the third quarter, my friends and I sat down since we be The game was 3 to 23 and we all began to get tired and lose hope of the Gophers winning against TCU. Suddenly, my friends and I heard “Hey! Stand up. This is a game not mosque” yelled angry boy two benches behind us. At first we didn’t think much of it but he kept yelling. As my friends and I looked around us, we realized the guy was pointing at us. I was surprised as the rest of my friends. I wondered why he was doing that to us? I felt embarrassed and annoyed at the same time because of the guy attention was drawn to us and he ruined our
Identity is the way someone see themselves as well as how other people sees them. I see myself as Muslim student who come from Kenya. I know its well fact that when people look at me they see a Muslim. As Woodward a person can distinguished by the way they dress. Since the way you dress comes with stigma of where you come from and who you are. The student who said those words assumed who my friends and I didn’t enjoy the game because of the way we were dressed. He made assumption based on our out exterior, which I don’t blame him. The reason I don’t blame him is because the way the media portrays Muslim women is they are powerless, have no rights and are not allowed to have fun. so my friends and I sitting might have depicted that we were not here for the fun of the game and might have upset him in way. Even though he might felt that way, he shouldn’t have made judgment because that is unfair to my friends and