Personal Narrative: My Social Identity

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Until recently I really hadn’t thought much about my social identity, but thanks to this question I’ve really started to notice how much people really are affected by their own thoughts. We base our lives off of what we believe in and it affects almost everything, from the way that we act to the people that we talk to on a regular basis. I believe that I, like most people, fit into more than one category and don’t have a set social identity. Over time the way you think and what you believe in can definitely be changed, especially after experiencing something new, such as a new culture. As it stands right now, I would place myself in a couple different groups that can start to describe myself. The most general would be that I am American.