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Personal Narrative: My Social Location And Identity

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As a person goes through life he or she may wonder “Who am I?” and “What is my purpose?” The objective of this paper is to allow me to reflect and critically analyze who I am as a person. In this paper, I will discuss my social location and identity, my life experiences and my privileges and disadvantages. Who am I? My Social Location and Identity First, I want to explain what social location and identity means. A social location is ones education, jobs, income, gender, sex, age, race etc. An identity is a role that you play, for example, mother father, sister, brother (Everhardt, 2015). My social locations are: I am a 22 year old African American female, I am currently a senior at Troy University in pursue of my Bachelors in Psychology with …show more content…

When I was growing up my father was always gone, but he would always come back with gifts. I believe that my parents being in the military has a huge impact on who I am as a person. I was blessed enough to be able to live in different areas and meet a lot of different people and deal with different personalities. My experience is linked to my social location and identity because I am privileged enough to have a scholarship for school because of the service my parents provided. If I didn’t have this scholarship, I’m not sure if I would be so dedicated to going to school. Also, if my parents were not in the military, I’m not sure if we would’ve moved here to Alabama. If we never moved to Alabama, I most likely would not be a …show more content…

I had a white man tell me one day that black people are the most ignorant people on earth and I was so shocked I couldn’t do anything but walk away. I do not receive racism from only white people, black people are racist just as well. Without a doubt in my mind I know I would make more money as a server at the restaurant I work at if I was not African American. Conclusion Everyone has experiences that contribute to the way that they see themselves and see others. Even though I have had these disadvantages and probably many others, I am not going to let it stop me from being successful. I have made it this far so I can’t stop now. In this paper, I talked about my social location and identity, my life experiences and my privileges and disadvantages. The point of this paper is to allow me to reflect on who I am and at this point I think that I am a motivated, hardworking, young African American woman with a bright future ahead of

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