My Personal Identity: A Reflection Essay On Individual Identity

1090 Words3 Pages

Everyone is prejudice in some way or another. From a young age individuals observe, or are taught discrimination against others. Whether it is because of religion, sexuality, race, gender, personality, or just someone’s way of life, everyone is biased. In many ways, who we are today, is influenced by our race, ethnicity, and culture, and overall our individual identities. Every experience, positive or negative, has an impact on how we react to something in the future. Decisions others make, can impact the way we interact with others, our personal beliefs, and all together our life experiences. Along our path of life, we meet people with different goals and circumstances they’ve encountered which make them who they are and why they do certain things a certain way. But our experiences …show more content…

In this reflective paper, I discuss several aspects of my race, ethnicity, and culture that has made me who I am, and impacted my overall individual identity. My cultural background is Jamaican and Bahamian. I was born in Jamaica and I lived there for ten years before moving to Bahamas. Bahamas was not too different, despite the size of the community and a slightly different accent. In Jamaica, there is majority of, black people. There were a select few Indians or Asians, but the only time I recall seeing Caucasians, was if they were tourists. Because we all shared the same ethnicity, I never really experienced separation or division. The sexual behaviors that my culture approves and emphasize are monogamous heterosexual. In both Jamaica and Bahamas its most commonly believed that individuals are meant to have one person in their life from the opposite sex. Often men desire more than one sexual partners, but this view is not seen as ideal. If at any time an individual decides to obtain more than one partners, it is often frowned upon, it is only approved by individuals who also desire to

Open Document