In the short essay, Identities and Social Locations: Who am I? Who Are My People?, Gwyn Kirk and Margo Okazawa-Rey discuss the many difficulties of not only knowing ones self but also being able to portray that self to others. Living in the large melting pot that is The United States, it is common for someone to not quite know who they identify with ( or what they identify as).

This essay covers the topic from the micro level (individual) to the macro level ( the individual within society). Categories as who someone identifies as ranges from gender, to race, and language and everywhere in between. This results in the distinguishing of who “fits” in a group and who does not. With such a large variety of people within our country it allows people to come into contact with others they may categorize with, this enables people to question who they are within our society.

Adams, M., Blumenfeld, W. J., Castaneda, R., Hackman, H. W., Peters, M. L., & Zuniga, X. (2000). Readings for Diversity and Social Justice. Psychology Press.