Cultural Aspects Of My Identity

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One aspect of my identity that is confusing is ethnicity and language. For one, I was born in Europe and my family moved to America 11 years ago. Despite being born in Europe and being_% Italian, I live here, in New York. That would make people who do not know me very well believe that I am mainly American, which I am not. Furthermore, I am only starting to learn Italian now, which would confuse people into not believing in my Italian heritage, as I do not yet speak Italian fluently. I did not feel ready to learn Italian at any earlier time in my life. These aspects of my identity are confusing, not because I am confused, but because the outside world may be. Lastly, most of my friends are of different cultures. More flexible and non-prejudiced

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