Culture, Gender, Feminism, Homophobic, Racism, Race and Religeon are all categorised as the simplistic terms of Identity.
'Made in Dagenham', the film created in 2010, which gives the audience an insight for sexual descrimination in 1968. Potioning for woman to have the same equal rights as men. This film is a perfect example to label the Identity of a person by their gender.
Cultually, Malala Yousafzai is one of the worlds newest and youngest voices to be heard, who stood up for self determination, educational rights, and freedom. In western Pakistan where Malala originates, many men such as the Taliban, who shot the 15 year old, strongly disagree with Malala's self beliefs, which defines Malala's situation to be Cultually discriminated as woman do not have the same privilages as men. Deeeper meaning to the case, Race and Religeon also fall under the same category.
Rosa Parks, one of historties most famous and inspiration woman, who was an African American civil rights activist after she refused to give up her seats to a "white person" as the rest of the bus was full. Culturally, racually she is an inspiration to modern society today.
"Through others we become ourselves"
- Lev S. Vygotsky
A final quote to what I believe covers Identity as a whole. In the examples listed abov, This quote stands out to me as if we was to never hear the voices of strong, indipendant people who faught for that they believed in, we may never know right from wrong.
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