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Am I white? Am I Hispanic? As far back as I can remember, I’ve struggled with who I am. Some can identify themselves with one word like “German” or “Mexican,” but what about those who are more than one ethnicity? I can say I am Puerto Rican, Irish, and Native American. However, society still likes to fit people into one schema at a time. This is what I have struggled with my whole life: being multiple ethnic identities.
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Reyes, A. (2017). Who am I? Struggling with My Identity. In: Hartlep, N.D., Hensley, B.O., Braniger, C.J., Jennings, M.E. (eds) Critical Storytelling in Uncritical Times. Constructing Knowledge: Curriculum Studies In Action. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-005-9_16
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