Race: Asian American (T)
Ethnicity: Mien, Thai, Laos (A)
Gender: Female (T)
Sexual Orientation: Straight (T)
Class: Middle class (A)
Religion: Buddhist (A)
National Origin: United States (A)
- Which identities were you more aware of?
- Identities I was more aware of was my Class and Ability.
- Were the identities you are more aware of targeted or advantaged? Why do you think that is?
- I think the identities I am more aware of targeted or advantaged are Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation because everywhere I go, I always hear so many discrimination towards these three identities the most. People are always asking questions that has to do with these three identities.
- Which identities do you take for granted and not think about often?
- Identities I take for granted and not think about would be my Economic class, my ethnicity, and the languages I speak.
- Were the identities you are less aware of targeted or advantaged? Why do you think that is?
- Identities I'm less aware of targeted or advantaged would be ethnicity because people normally know my race but not my ethnicity and the economic class because no one really goes out and brags about how much money they make.
- From this exercise, can you identify one or two identities in which you need/want to work on being more aware of?
- Two Identity I need to work on being more aware of is my ethnicity and my religion.