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Personal Reflective Essay: Overcoming Adversity (UVA)

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The exercise we began class with truly opened my eyes to how much I focus on race in both a positive and negative way. I characterize my self as black and Dominican, both groups that have been oppressed by the majority, but by doing so I feel great pride and face adversity. Associating one trait with both the extremes of most problem and one with which I encounter a lot of problems exists as strange. I believe the pride comes from overcoming the adversity and achieving the unthinkable against all odds. Here at UVA, I exist in two of the smallest ethnic groups on grounds. I am proud to be among the majority, but I often feel isolated. No one ever approaches me or makes an effort to meet me unless I take the imitative, not to say they respond

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