Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Personal vs. Social Identities
At the "Change It Up" conference we attended a couple weeks ago, we discussed the identities we think about the least/most. I didn't think about the fact that I might have multiple identities depending on my situation (for example, if I'm alone vs. how I present myself in the world). With our class lesson regarding the identity wheels in mind, I would change how I answered the questions at Change It Up. It's interesting to me how difficult it is to respond to some of the prompts coherently (in one/a couple words) on paper, even when I know the answer in my head. It was also strange to me that the wheels differed, despite the fact they were both about (and filled out by) me. That led me to question why we even separate social and personal identities. Shouldn't they be the same thing?
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I definitely agree. It was super hard sometimes to respond to the questions even though I knew the answer. I feel like maybe it was due to having different identities.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to get an objective look at how we might define ourselves for obvious reasons haha. However, I think being made aware of this fact makes us take a deeper look, whether we can truly separate our self-interest from the conclusion or not. I really liked examining the characteristics I think of versus the ones assigned to us in society.
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