According to Patrick Revere, Ralston Bowles was a singer and songwriter (Revere).He stated “don’t let your struggle become your identity”. In this quote, he means that people should not let the problems that they are going through in life become who they are. I disagree that it is mostly our individual experience that shape our personal identities. The reason why I disagree with that is because what shape our personal identities is the place where we grow up, the choice you make in life, and the people around us. The place where we grow up shape our personal identities. It shapes our identities because it teaches us many things. What we believe in, what we wear and value all of these are determined by our culture. I was born and…show more content… The reason why people around on us shape our identities is because they have the power of making us believe the same ideas like them or change how we view certain things. For instance, my grandmother has raised me with the idea that woman should cook, clean the house and do the laundry. And men should do the heavy job such as, painting and taking out the trash. My grandmother has influenced me into believing that which has become one of the many things that has shapes my personal identities. The story Teaching the N- word by Emily Benard talks about the way a professor feels about hearing and saying the N-word. In one part of her story Bernard stated that she “look at the white people around me differently” (Bernard). Also, Bernard stated “I was a teenager, maybe 16. I was standing on a sidewalk, trying to cross a busy street afterschool, to get to the mall and meet friends. I happened to make eye contact with a white man in a car that sort of stopped. Traffic was heavy. Anyways, he just said it kind of spit it up at me” (Bernard).The reason why she looks at white people around her differently is because Janice the radio host and the white man that were in the car has influence her and shaped her personal
