I tend to define myself neither by my ethnic identity nor my gender identity. If someone asked me who I was, "A Bosnian girl" would be too inspecific, "Sara" would be too specific. I tend to define myself moreso by my social identity-- the way I was raised and how people percieve me.

It's not as though I don't identify with my ethnicity or my gender-- I do, but it's not important to me. I doubt I'd be any different if I were a man or if I were french instead. The factors do impact me but it isn't defining.

The way I was raised define who I am right now. My community and friends define me. If someone knew my friends, they could tell a lot about me. Ethnicity and gender rely too much on stereotypes to define me, but my community can speak a lot for me.

That's just my two cents. c:

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As a person who is half Fillipino and half Italian, I see people before race. Especially since I grew up around people who put me down for my ethnic background, it's like, "People, I didn't choose to be like this!" So I find racism utterly pointless, sadly today racism still exists.

And I dislike gender norms, since I'm a tomboy, I even met boys who don't fit the usual men stereotypes, and they're really sweet because they treat me like a person and not a girl who needs to act like a girl.

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