Sarah Blog Post #3

The impact of social and personal identities on how we see and are seen is a very modern topic of discussion, and I am glad it is becoming more talked about. "If people define a thing to be real, it is real in its consequences," is something that my anthropology professor said in a lecture regarding race and ethnicity. This is an important note to make, in that identities such as race and ethnicity can be based on real biological variation, and this definitely has a huge impact in the real world. However, oftentimes these classifications can also be based on assumptions and stereotypes. It's important that we conduct ourselves in a way respecting these facts.