Thanks for sharing. I came to North America over 13 years ago and struggle with identity for a very long time. It’s easy to identify and blend in when everyone around you shares the same culture and looks the same. However over time I have come to question whether identity transcends culture, race, religion and our beliefs? Am I limited to beliefs and tag that were given to me at birth or am I more than this? Who am I?
Hello Thinking Mirror- Thanks for reading, and for sharing these thoughts and deep questions on identity. I look forward to exploring your writing here on Substack.
I really relate to these questions! I wrestle with them all the time. Am I limited to the identity and tags placed on me at birth or am I more than them? I don’t feel like I belong in my native culture and I have felt a lot of guilt over it. But maybe we are all a mixture of the many experiences that have shaped us and every part of our identity is valid.
Thanks for sharing this Rachel. Digging into our cultural and family heritage can be such an intimidating and even painful experience. But also really important and, like you said, one that many White people in America are missing. I definitely feel this.
Thanks for sharing. I came to North America over 13 years ago and struggle with identity for a very long time. It’s easy to identify and blend in when everyone around you shares the same culture and looks the same. However over time I have come to question whether identity transcends culture, race, religion and our beliefs? Am I limited to beliefs and tag that were given to me at birth or am I more than this? Who am I?
Hello Thinking Mirror- Thanks for reading, and for sharing these thoughts and deep questions on identity. I look forward to exploring your writing here on Substack.
I really relate to these questions! I wrestle with them all the time. Am I limited to the identity and tags placed on me at birth or am I more than them? I don’t feel like I belong in my native culture and I have felt a lot of guilt over it. But maybe we are all a mixture of the many experiences that have shaped us and every part of our identity is valid.
Thanks for sharing this Rachel. Digging into our cultural and family heritage can be such an intimidating and even painful experience. But also really important and, like you said, one that many White people in America are missing. I definitely feel this.