more difficult than others. It is not uncommon for a person to have their downsides but when it starts affecting their daily routines that’s when it becomes a problem. In the essay “It’s Hard Enough Being Me” by Anna Lisa Raya the author discusses her cultural identity challenges after discovering she was Latina. Raya discusses how she never had to question where she came from or who she was until she attended college in New York City. When she started school in New York City she came into the realization
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Paper #2 Identity in America Anna Lisa Raya is a Latina college student going through problems of being judged for being a Mexican American. She doesn’t know the Spanish language which makes it hard for her to fit in with the other Spanish speaking people in her college. She says that she is “stuck in a black hole of an identity crisis”. I personally believe that we and only we can decide what our identity is. (Raya‚ Anna Lisa 1-2) Only you choose your identity‚ not your friends‚ role models
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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
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2014 “Being Me Is Hard To Do” Everyone has things that they find more difficult to do than others. Mary Seymour discusses her challenges in her essay “Call me crazy‚ But I have to be myself” about her life dealing with bipolar. It is not unusual for a person to have their down sides but when it starts to affect your daily living it becomes a problem. Seymour describes her struggles with accepting her disorder‚ her struggles with expressing herself‚ and her obstacles with being herself and
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city of chicago was a girl‚ dark skinned‚ skinny‚ and small. This girls name was Raya and she was against society . She only left her apartment to go to school or to get a new book. Raya lost her father a year ago and has been against the world since. Everyone she knew hated her‚ because she was weird. Raya’s mother worried because she wasn’t social and her only friend was her mom and little sister Liv. One day Raya was forced to get out to do something‚ so of course she went to get a new book.
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Being Me Its tough being a teenage girl; especially me‚ that’s excruciating. Take some advice – no one can ever fully understand someone so don’t even try to – it’s impossible. As you read this essay beware‚ not everyone lives with money and happiness handed to them or lives ‘the dream’. Fact 1‚ Everyone is stereotyped‚ bound to whatever group everyone else thinks you are‚ not who you actually are every stereotype hates at least one other. I get stereotyped because of the make-up on my face‚
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Every year‚ after one month of fasting‚ muslims celebrate Hari Raya. Me and my family as a muslim‚ Hari Raya Aidilfitri is a special day to celebrate after they have gone through fasting for a month from foods and drinks from subuh to maghrib. This festival will be celebrated for a month either. In Malaysia‚ we can see the muslims early prepared for the becoming sepical day. They decorates their house‚ buying new clothes‚ and makin many types of foods and cookies for the special days. We can see
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person. They prefer to text rather than talk on the phone‚ and often prefer to socialize on Twitter or Facebook rather than in the local bar‚ on the street or at the town square. b. The digital divide: The younger generation has been referred to as being one of "Digital Natives" while the older generation has been referred to as one of "Digital Immigrants." c. Unlike the older generation‚ young people are highly capable of effective multitasking‚ which is sometimes seen by the older generation as
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Enough is enough The United States for the past 100 years has been a forward presence around the world. America’s foreign policy has had many successful missions providing humanitarian aid to countries suffering from natural disasters and inhabitable living conditions. America is also first to respond to countries that are on the brink of war‚ providing military assistance and assets to help spread democracy around the world. But at what cost is America willing to go to‚ to help these countries
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Life Being Hard Many of us come to a point in life where we feel like giving up with our lives‚ we feel confused and hopeless and we ask ourselves‚ “Why does life have to be so hard?” We all face tough and difficult challenges in life. Some become difficult to overcome‚ especially when the odds are stacked against us. Going against all odds‚ is something we’re capable of doing. To overcome challenges‚ one needs to have that “never quit” attitude in life. If one develops it‚ one will overcome a
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