Personal Narrative: My New Identity

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I am a y-generation, Caucasian, working class woman who grew up in the south. (Dice 1=5, Dice 2=3, Dice 3=2) My new identity is an Asian American baby boomer woman. I know very little about my new identity, except that I would have lived during World War II and Pearl Harbor here in America and probably encountered harsh treatment. During that time, Asian Americans were looked down upon because of the Asian countries’ roles in the war. The stereotypes associated with my new identity include service type people such as laundry or cleaning maids and household help. I also think of nerds when discussing Asian Americans. I predict that I will be portrayed very little in the media, unless Asian countries are being represented for national events …show more content…

Their top story was about the Ferguson riots. However, their second top story could have included my new identity as an interview subject. This was the “New push promised to set up prescription drug monitoring program.” The journalists did not interview any subjects to get their views on this issue arising in their community. They could have easily gone out and spoken with the public, where minority groups, like my new identity, would have been represented in the media. The Columbia Tribune’s other stories included the most common identity used and that is Caucasian males. Again, I assume this is because of how easy it is staying within their comfort …show more content…

Two stories could have included my new identity. One of these was coverage of the Wal-Mart protesting. In this article, the journalists interviewed Caucasian employees only. Aljazeera could have expanded their interview subjects to include a more diverse population of Wal-Mart employees. The other piece was about unaccompanied, illegal minors who were being deported. While the journalists did represent three minorities as their sources, my new identity, or at least my ethnicity and gender, was not one of the three. In both of these stories I could have been easily included, by the journalists, to represent a larger, more varied population. The only other identity included in Aljazeera was Nigerians and this was because of the major shooting that killed dozens today at a weekly prayer

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