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Glenn C. Loury, in his essay “Free at Last? A Personal Perspective on Race and Identity in America,” reflects on “what it mean[s] to be genuinely black” in AmericaGlenn C. Loury, in his essay “Free at Last? A Personal Perspective on Race and Identity in America,” reflects on “what it mean[s] to be genuinely black” in AmericaGlenn C. Loury, in his essay “Free at Last? A Personal Perspective on Race and Identity in America,” reflects on “what it mean[s] to be genuinely black” in America
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Think about:Glenn C. Loury, in his essay “Free at Last? A Personal Perspective on Race and Identity in America,” reflects on “what it mean[s] to be genuinely black” in America (108). Though he acknowledges the importance of his race in forming his identity, he ultimately asserts that race alone is not “sufficiently rich to give meaning and definition to [his] life,” asserting that he is also “a child of God, created in his image. . . a husband, a father, a son, a teacher, an intellectual, a Christian, a citizen” (Loury 109). Write about:Make a specific, reasoned argument about how race or cultural/ethnic heritage contribute to your own identity as an individual.In what way does race or ethnic/cultural heritage contribute to your experience as a human, how you view yourself, how you interact with others? Include concrete examples from your life and reference at least two essays.
READINGS TO USE DuBois Souls of black folks, Kings Letter from Birmingham jail, and Glenn C. Loury "Free at Last? A personal perspective on Race and Identity in America
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Impact of race and cultural/ethnic heritage on a person’s identity
Introduction
Race, culture as well as ethnicity are multifaceted concepts which are complex and can
impact a person’s life in many different ways. This is usually attributed to the fact that they are
imprinted on a person from the day they are born. As one grows up, they begin to associate with
certain values, practices as well as beliefs in a given culture to the extent that their self-identity
ends up being defined by a given culture, race or ethnic heritage. A person's self-identity refers to
the awareness of one's self including a set of characteristics as well as traits that they assign to
themselves. Even though race is a social construct since there are no clusters of genes that are
common to a given race, it still influences a person’s identity as well, simply by determining the
culture or ethnic heritage that one will end up associating with (Barrett and George). A person's
race, ethnicity, as well as cultural heritage, greatly contributes to their identity. In this paper, the
influence that a person’s race or cultural/ethnic heritage has on my identity as an individual will
be discussed. Additionally, ways in which race or ethnic/cultural heritage contributes to my
experience as a human being, how I view yourself as well as how I interact with others will be
discussed as well.
The impact of race or culture/ethnic heritage on a person’s identity as an individual
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A person's race is determined by their skin color as well as other physical features.
Currently, in the US, there are six officially recognized races. They include black or African
America, white, Native Hawaiian, Asian, Pacific Islanders as well as people of two or more
races. Secondly, culture includes practices, beliefs as well as values that are associated with a
particular group of people while a person’s ethnicity simply refers to a national background they
identify themselves with. My race, culture, as well as ethnic heritage, contribute to my identity as
an individual by influencing my b...
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