Topic > Identity: Identity And Identity - 1428

From a young age, children, particularly those from minority backgrounds, are raised to be proud of their race and heritage. These are forms of identity that are significant to how a person decides on their values ​​and goals. Race and heritage can decide your religion, how you dress, the music you listen to, and the community you identify with. At the other end, there are simply different lifestyles that vary from person to person that can also establish these certain aspects of life. If a family is not as persistent about the traditions and cultures of their race and heritage, then they have more room to determine the activities and social groups that they feel are right for them. Race and skin color are one of those aspects of nature that one cannot decide on and which will greatly influence them in their experiences. Location is also an additional factor in life events. All of these factors combined shape an individual's view of themselves and others and determine the type of person they will become. Culture, in my opinion, has a greater weight in these findings and allows identity to continually change for each person, regardless of whether it develops positively or negatively. BJ Neblett's quote describes it perfectly: “We are the sum total of our experiences. These experiences, whether positive or negative, make us the person we are, in every moment of our lives. And, like a flowing river, those same experiences, and those yet to come, continue to influence and reshape the person we are and the person we will become. None of us are the same as yesterday, nor will we be the same tomorrow." Nature itself cannot reflect a person's identity and even nourish it because identity is no longer superficial, it is the mental ability to think and live for oneself, respecting race and