What follows is a list of categories that serves to define and divide us. Make a personal list of the categories you belong to or have conflict with and visual symbols that are associated with each. Aspirations and expectations should also be listed.
1. Age/generation - is can dictate levels of independence afforded to the individual.
2. Gender - Our sex affects the way we are treated by some individuals.
3. Race - Prejudice and perceived racial superiority can affect hopes and aspirations.
4. Religion - Moral codes and ideologies that serve to guide, unite and divide.
5. Class or caste - A classification that an individual may never escape from.
6. Personality - Extrovert and introvert are classifications of personality.
7. Intelligence - educational establishments, based on IQ, often segregate us.
8. Political persuasion - Left wing or right wing. Each carries its own ideology.
Categories I belong to:
Number 1 (Age/Generation) applies to me because with being a teenager soon to be adult (17) and with being in my generation people see us as bad kids. Truthfully people look at us as stupid, careless, rude, and many other things. I think this generation of being the last 90's babies is very different but not in a bad way. Our generation is very open, accepting, courageous, helpful, so much more nice. We are changing the world slowly and I think its for the good.
Number 2 (Gender) most definitely being a female changes many things. There are many double standards and I have noticed many people are turning on us. Feminists and many other people supporting women power and making their voices heard because recently in the world all of these people have been making ways of how women should be. For example dress code, how we dress can be distracting to boys and we "ask for it" when that is a personal problem for whoever gets distracted by MY clothing. I should not have to change because someone else doesn't like me as I am or what I wear.
Number 3 (Race) is a big one. This world is becoming very diverse and soon enough everyone will be mixed with many different ethnicities and no one will be one whole race. Some do not like that and I think minorities get looked at differently. Especially being Mexican or african american, we get stereotyped and we sometimes get racially profiled. Sometimes we get treated VERY different. It's not very fair, we get looked at different as if we aren't human or of this world, but this world is becoming more open and diverse and people are becoming more open to the fact of treating everyone equally regardless of color.
Number 4 (Religion) with being Christian many people think "you HAVE to be perfect" and this religion gets judged a lot especially the people who follow. Everyone thinks you can't make mistakes and you have to be a replica of god, thats not true. You work on yourself to be a better person and to do right in this world, although many questions comes along with this religion as to how god my not be real its good to have hope and to be a good person anyways. Tons of people get killed for being this religion and its sad. It's hard to be anything or stand for anything anymore. Even though we are becoming more open at the same time people are getting crazy and becoming TOO sensitive, trying to force the world to be one way, one religion, one race. We are trying to cure it with positivity and peace because it's only going to get worse from here if we don't try.
Number 6 (Personality) many people think once you are a certain way from birth or even for a good while enough for influence, you will NEVER change. Which is untrue, if you're an introvert you can become extroverted, and vice versa. It takes time for change sometimes years upon years because some habits of your personality are hard to change whether they are good or bad. I'm looked at as kind of selfish (I can be) and I have many bad habits and many people think I won't change them but I can. It takes a while to stop a habit and its more of a challenge to not break it and stay on the right track.
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