Identity+and+belonging


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On this page we will pool together our ideas on the context: __//**Identity and Belonging.**//__ Ask Yourself: Who am I? Where do I belong? What has made me the person I am today? How do we define ourselves? Are we defined by others? Is identity just a collection of roles we play? Can one person have several identities? What are the ways people create different identities and why? What is the connection between our sense of belonging to people, places or ideas and our sense of self? Is belonging always desirable? Do you change in order to be accepted? Does your need to belong challenge your sense of self?


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 * Woody Allen: My only regret in life is that I wasn’t somebody else


 * What factors make up our identity?

Ability: learning, social, psychological, emotional and physical attributes Age: chronological, developmental, generational Ethnicity: national origin, linguistic background, immigrant status Gender: male or female Race: Caucasian, Asian, African etc, bi-racial Religion: Christian, Muslim, Buddhist etc as well as cultural/ religious observance Sexuality: gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender, heterosexual Socio-economic: class differences, social groups, educational background


 * How do the above factors contribute to our understanding of Identity and Belonging? Are these the only ways to determine identity and belonging? Why/ Why not? What other factors contribute? Devise a list with subcategories.

**Feel free to upload any quotes, websites, song lyrics, poems, words, articles, stories, pictures etc that you have found or created, that express your understanding of this theme**.

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