Personal Narrative: My Biracial Identity

I began taking steps to establish my own identity, interacting with a variety of different people, Christian teachers, Jewish friends, my Black mother, White father, and classmates that span multitudes of sexualities and ethnicities. As my life became more varied I came to see that the ties to both sides of my family

I know that because of experience. I hated foster care because it separated me from my family including my sisters. I really loved them but presently I don't care about them because I basically don’t know them anymore. That's what happens when you separate a family they end up not even knowing the person anymore they can end up to be a completely different

When kay was plucked from her family she was relocated to an area with an abundance of white people and white culture. Her land, her family, and any of her culture was immediately stripped away from her. The drastic change of scenery perplexed Kay and her moral compass started to break as the people she was now surrounded by challenged her previous views. Before she was taken, her identity relied heavily on the land and the traditions encompanied with it, now that it was taken away from her she was unable to use those resources to find herself and instead she would be forced to use the people she now associated with as guides to follow. The Europeans had a very different idea of life and taught Kay about judgement, what they believed to be right and wrong, and the social hierarchy they had created.

During his journey, he faces many difficulties and experiences many problems he did not know existed. Sameness is atrocious because it requires people to follow the rules, even when they believe they are not right, and because people don’t get a choice in the decisions. Sameness is a disadvantage because people always have to follow rules, even when they do not believe it is ethical. The narrator states, “He [Jonas] knew he had to tell it all, that it was not only all right but necessary to tell all of a dream. So he forced himself to relate the part that made him uneasy”

The theme tone and author’s purpose is to clearly explain what being obliged into something obviously means. Do not force your children to your own teachings for they were born in another time. When you are forced into a different culture you might face many difficulties. In this article the writer explains what she encountered in a Chinese school as an American girl. Wong describes

But the things got a new turn after the end of this war and also the value system changed. People were asked to think from a new perspective.

When we contemplate why we don’t do many things in life, the fear of the unknown is at the top of our lists. Sadly, this fear is also seen when it comes to recognizing other ethnic groups. To be honest, I was nervous about this assignment because it was something new and feeling out of place is difficult at first. It’s unfortunate to realize I may be missing out on that experience because fear sets in. Has my environment shaped these fears, was I sheltered in a way?

Black and deaf people are not all alike although sometime we are all put in groups of negative stereotypes about our culture. Growing up here in America and into my adulthood hearing and seeing negative images about my race I had a lot of self-hatred about myself and my people. From a small child up until my mid-twenty I never really thought I was pretty I wished I was light skin, I wish my hair was long and straight. I had a lot of self-hatred and pain with trying to conform to and look more mainstream-European looking this continue in to adulthood as well. When I first started wearing my hair in it’s natural state meaning no chemicals to change the texture of my hair I hated it I really felt ugly it really took time for me to love what I see in the mirror I felt isolated and so many of my friends and family told me my appears did not look professional in the work places or they would say you looked better when your hair was straight I was depressed for a long time until my hair started to grow

There are many people around the world that experience cultural shock. Cultural Shock is when someone is introduced to new and unfamiliar ideas and ways of living life. It can get really uncomfortable for a person who has no idea what to do and how to adapt to that society, especially if somebody is gonna be living there for quite a while. That was I experienced when I moved to Pakistan for six years of my childhood from 2007 to 2013. I really did not know what was going on when I first got there and wanted to come back to America during the first year.

He found they were no longer the strongest village, but now one of the weakest. He did not want to be a part of such a “ Feminine Village” as he would call it. Okonkwo knew he’d have to somehow change them back into what they once were,

Instead, this method is just creating more bad blood between the movement leaders and Native Americans. The leaders could have slowly introduced Native Americans into modern society. Perhaps giving them some rights that made them feel a part of the United States, instead of complete outsiders, which is what the Dawes Act accomplished. I feel like the act was very unjust and shouldn’t have occurred. It just cause more suffering and harm to the Native American

CharlesTown Settlement Issues Have you ever gone to a new place? The Europeans moved to CharlesTown South Carolina. It was difficult for them to move to Charles Town because they wanted new land. The difficulties for them where they had unfavorable weather, sickness, a lot of low food supplies, and hostility from the Native American . was inhabited by number of Native American tribes.

The Cherokee had several major objections to moving to new locations. The Cherokee wanted to stay instead of moving to a place such as Arkansas because it is “unknown” to them and is already occupied by the Indians. Therefore, the Indians would look at the Cherokee as if they did not belong or be seen as an enemy when the Cherokee meant no harm. Also the Indians were not really supplied by wood and water, which was bad for the Indians because they could not live as agriculturalists, but also bad for the Cherokee because they were worried there was not a lot of land for farming. Furthermore, the Cherokee had major objections because the people around the Cherokees were so different compared to them.

This removal may not seem very important to anyway outside of the Cherokee nation because they do not understand the gravity of the situation. It is not as simple as simply moving. Even if we did move the task itself would prove to be too difficult for many of our elders and children, plus the trail westward has its own dangers. Even if we did forgo this, we still do not want to leave this land for it was given to us by our gods.

Since leaving home some odd twenty-four years I have stuck with many things I was trained. I have also changed a lot of them. The major question asked of this informal essay was: Will my values cloud my responsibilities as a Social Worker? My answer would be no. I will have to take my blinders off and think outside of the box.