Personal Journal Assignment

This is a 2-3 page autobiographical writing that examines your own identity development regarding your race and other dimensions of identity. For example, what it means to be belonging to certain racial, ethnic, gender, religious, and cultural categories such as “White,” “Latino,” “Asian,” “Jewish,” “Muslim,” “female,” or other identity descriptors? What kind of privilege or challenge has your identity brought to you? Also reflect on your personal experiences with racism and other forms of prejudice and discrimination. How your identity and your life experiences regarding racial/cultural/religious/gender/class/sexuality differences impact your view of society and people around you?