Instructions

The previous modules had you examine your dominant and minoritized groups of which you are a part.  This last part requires you to integrate all pieces of your paper with new information that you have learned about yourself, about the material and come up with a cohesive picture of who you are as a cultural being.

This is part 4 of 4 of your paper. 

Review Final Paper Guidelines:

Continue the examination of your life through a critical social justice lens. This is meant to integrate your personal experiences with the framework of an intersectional narrative based in socialization, oppression, racism, and privilege. This is NOT meant to be an unanalyzed narrative of your life story or your opinions about the various groups you do or do not belong to. Please provide an analysis of what shapes your perspectives, values, expectations, and beliefs as a member of the various social groups you belong to.

When reflecting about the feelings you experience in your group memberships, consider the things you have to think about versus those you don’t have to think about.  (i.e, feeling safe as a woman, feeling stressed over shopping and being targeted).

As each module has progressed, you explained how your group memberships shape and affect your life. Remember to think critically. Describe your cultural identity and share cultural elements that are relevant to your lived experience.

Think about how key influences (such as family, friends, schools, communities, ideas, values, your culture(s) and /or the wider society) have been formative in your thinking about your memberships in the different groups.

It may be helpful to focus your analysis on one or two key group memberships (for example, race and gender) or to select one identity in which you experience privilege and one in which you experience oppression (for example, a White woman). Explain what has led your personal understanding of your cultural context. Illustrate your response with real-world examples.