Personal Narrative: The Complexity Of Identity

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Identity is similar to defining who you are with characteristic that make up the person. For example, I am a Chinese male who is able bodied and I am currently being educated by Iowa State University. Those are what people can see, but I am also a theater technician and an athlete (or what I consider myself anyways) that people may not realize.

The complexity of identity is when any of the characteristics you define yourself can be targeted or can be considered an advantage. This is where most of the identities understood are interchangeable. I feel that being an athlete can be considered in both of those categories just simply because athletes are stereotyped into certain aspects and need to be held at a high standard, however; while that

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