Presentation Year

2020

Depreciated Participant

Deema HindawiCriminolgy and Justice Studies & CRGSUndergraduate Student

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Short Description of your Research or Creative Project (700 characters or less)

In American society, identity is something that many people struggle with throughout their daily lives. The US has a unique sense of culture like no other country that is created through the social construct of the race and the belief of the “melting pot”. The US census, requires that every person identify their race, which is more difficult for some than for others. When someone marks the race box, it is assumed that their race is simply their identity, without taking into account the struggle that the individual could be facing. We need to have a greater understanding of what it is to have an identity that can’t be placed within society as a race that could be found within a box.

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Yes

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