Identity Paper

Identity Paper 3 to 5 Pages (15 points)

You will begin this assignment by completing the Social Group Membership Profile (this will be completed in class). The goal of Part 1 of this assignment will be for you to develop a critical understanding of your multiple social identities (i.e., race, class, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, ability status) and how these identities intersect to create remarkably diverse identity groups (e.g., being an able-bodied woman of color, a Christian Latino gay male, a disabled White woman). A secondary goal will be for you to develop a critical understanding of how you are oppressed and/ or privileged by your various identities. More will be said about this paper in class.

For this paper, talk about how your various social identities make you a target group member and/or an agent group member. Which identities are you most aware of on a daily basis and why? Which are you least aware of and why? Which social group memberships was it easiest to identify your status (i.e., target or agent group) and which was it more difficult? Why? Please include your identity wheel with your paper.