Kayla Davis
Sept 19, 2018
First Paper
Identity Essay
My identity as a young black women has led me to see how stereotypes affect our lives and shapes the way I learn. Growing up my parents always said that it’s important for me to have a good grades and and make sure I went to college because as a black person sometimes people look at me differently.
Society has had a limited impact on my lifestyle, mostly because you shouldn’t have to live up to the aspects that every stereotype associated with be a black women in today society some examples on how people think black women are is , “being ghetto” , “loud”, uneducated but no one actually get to know a person before making all these assumptions. In life, there are certain stages one must go through to obtain ones self-identity. These stages are the carefree years of ones youth, the rebellious teenage years, and the passage from a teen into a mature, young adult. Children have the best life. They dont have to wonder and worry. Teenagers have the rebellious, careless type of lifestyle that often gets them into trouble. Young adults look back on their childhood and on their teenage years and laugh at the wonderful memories.
For me I don’t feel that I fit into any particular group of people I am my own, a unique person that can do anything they put their mind to. Life shouldn’t have to be about where you fit in it should be about what you love and what makes you happy. Identity is something only he or she can fully define. My aunts say I am affectionate and cheerful. My grandmother sees me as pretty and sweet. My dad described me as perky, cheerful and happy, my mom says beautiful, gentle, and self-conscious. Although all these do describe me pretty well all that matters is how I see myself.
In the article”Let Black Kids Just be kids” by Robin Bernstein she talks about how people see black children as less innocent and act more adult like which means they should be m...
