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About
- Ella Washington
- Ella.Washington@live.longwood.edu
- Undecided
- From home, or hands on work
- Social Work, or Interior Design
Coursework
SOCL 220
Identity Portfolio Part 1
- Race: Black, white and Thai
- Ethnicity, Heritage and Culture: Thai, white, and black
- Class + Economic Background: Middle Class
- Gender + Gender Expression: Female
- Romantic + Sexual Orientation: Straight
- Age: 18
- Faith: Christian
- Physical + Developmental Disability: ADHD and Anxiety
- Mental + Emotional Disability: None
- First Language: English
- Nationality + Birth Place: United States
- My 2 identities are Race and Economic Background. For my race, being multiracial helps me feel more connected to different cultures. It also helps me feel more connected to people with the same backgrounds as me, making me feel accepted. But with this, I don’t always feel accepted everywhere I go. Sometimes I feel like I dont fit into certain groups of people, feeling like im being judged which can affect my self-esteem.
- For my economic background being in the middle class has given me many opportunities that most aren’t able to have. Like access to a stable home, and a good education. In most situations I feel like I belong, but going to a private all girls school I definitely felt out of place and was self-conscious of the things I had. But again I knew I was lucky for the way I grew up knowing many people had nothing like this.
- Having multiple cultural backgrounds can help me connect with a future career because I have an understanding of different cultures and experiences. This can help me connect with people who feel misunderstood like being a teacher, therapist, or even a social worker. Coming from multiple backgrounds that have faced discrimination, I believe I have an understanding of how to deal with it if were to come up in a professional setting. Coming from the lower-middle class family, I really value hard work because thats all my parents did. I also value humbleness, and a stable environment. I believe this this identity could help me possible be a social worker, business owner , or even help with doing community service.