Week 2 - Identity

I view social identity as the overall picture our peers form about an individual. In our fast paced society it can sometimes mean stamping them with a label and placing them in a societal role. This can affect an individual's personal identity by persuading them to act or speak as others expect them to which in return could inhibit their internal voice of who they are or who they desire to be. In comparing the two identities, I see two sets of eyes. The set viewing with outside eyes, social identity, labels a person by their outward appearance and actions through the credence of an outside entity opposed to our inner eyes, which calculates our self-identity via our thoughts and perceptions attained with personal experiences and beliefs.