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Context:

• Tatum explains that all people possess multiple identities which are shaped by and embedded in our "social, cultural, and historic contexts." She also notes that our consciousness of these identities and their meanings develop through self-reflection over time. Through Freire, we learned that critical consciousness entails not only the "emergence of consciousness" but also a "critical intervention in reality."

• On a parallel track, we learned from Kandil and Jeung that the term "Asian American" can be traced back to a specific political, cultural, and social intersection in U.S. history. The Asian American identity, then, was created by people who found it necessary to assert an autonomous identity against oppressive forces.

Essay question:

Reflect on your journey in coming into identity-consciousness, specifically your racial and ethnic identities. In a narrative essay answer the following perennial question: Who am I?

You must apply at least five of the concepts from at least two readings, three of which should be quoted passages.

There are countless ways you can answer this question, so you must "frame" or guide your response based on one or two of the following questions:

Framing questions:

Question 1. Who does the world around you say you are?

Question 2. Who is your cohort group? What has your social context been?

Question 3. Who are you? Who were you before? And who will you become?

Question 4. In what areas do you belong to the dominant group and the subordinate group?

Question 5. How has your identity consciousness developed over time?

Question 6. Are there any areas of identity that contradict one another?

Question 7. If you ve experienced an identity crisis in the past, how did it begin and how was it resolved?