Personal Narrative: My Identity

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Beyoncé once said (2014), “We all have our imperfections. But I'm human, and you know, it's important to concentrate on other qualities besides outer beauty”. The society has a negative influence on the youth and their self-awareness which leads to a poor self-esteem. In this society, my peers and I are influenced to focus more on our outer appearance than what's on the inside. Through Beyoncé, I've learned to appreciate my talents and my identity. My talent, being dancing, defines me and is an essential part of my life. I love dancing and I've always loved dancing every since I were a baby, my mother would tell me. Dancing is in my genes and therefore explains why I am so passionate about dancing. When I'm dancing, I feel so free, in spirit and in mind. I feel like stress is released off of me and that I am able to be myself. Dancing is especially essential to me being Nigerian. I say this because Nigerians, specifically, love dancing and we are known for being great dancers. Nigerian music especially speaks to me while I'm dancing with the different messages and tunes it contains. Dancing ties into being an essential part of my life as well as …show more content…

A big part of my identity comes from my culture. The culture that I am speaking of is the Nigerian culture. In the Nigerian culture, we have so much pride, we having amazing food, we have morals, tradition and great music. In the Nigerian culture, the youth is taught to have self respect, strive above our peers and to love your family first no matter what. This ties into my identity because I have self respect, I try to strive above my peers but also look at some of my peers as role models and, I of course love my family and always put my family first before my friends. I've learned to appreciate this identity as I matured especially since I used to get teased for being African. Nowadays, people admire the African culture and even wish they have a culture or identity based off a

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