I found myself faced with a challenge to my identity, and its relation to dominant and subordinated identities.
My identity was challenged because I was faced with a situation where the woman I was comparing myself with not only was really skinny (struggles I have had with my physical appearance and the notion of what is beautiful), but the fact that she appeared to be a White woman and what that meant to me as a woman of color.
Throughout my whole life I have faced a challenge with not being or feeling "Asian" enough for Asian men and not being White enough because of my mixed identity.
Her identity was dominant to mine, and that made me feel like she was somehow better, and that my subordinated identity of being a woman of color did not compare to her. I felt like I wasn't as beautiful as she was because I have this subordinated identity.
I placed my value and beauty as less than a person who appeared to be a White woman.
About Me
- Asuka飛鳥 Nosaka野坂
- Ft Collins, Colorado, United States
- I am now a Senior at Colorado State University and I am an Ethnic Studies major minoring in Sociology. I am a Ethnic Studies major because I wish to create change in this country and to have an impact on my community.
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