In the memoir, "I Was Their American Dream" by Malaka Gharib, it talks about Gharib’s family, life, and identity. The book is like a look into a person’s brain, there are scattered memories on every page of the book you flip to. Throughout the book, Gharib delivers a message that teaches us that one's identity is similar to a structure one builds on, discovering an identity sometimes takes years of struggle, but people will often continue their legacy with confidence once an identity is found.
In the story, Gharib finds it difficult to identify herself as a race in a diverse place. Gharib herself says that the Cerritos High School was very diverse, and hardly had any white people. She continues to focus on race, saying that "At a school as
