Map Your Identities

Map Your Identities

Your sense of yourself that comes from being a member of certain groups — your social identities — shapes how you think and feel about many topics. The Map Your Identities tool, part of the Are You Ready to Talk? toolkit, will help you think about your own and other people’s social identities and how they influence you.

Click on as many squares as you like that represent your identities. When you complete your selections, click ‘Create Snapshot’ to produce an image of your identities map that you can download. Then answer these questions:

1. Which identity is most important to you personally? Least important?

2. Which identity do you think other people first notice about you?

3. People with privileged identities enjoy greater acceptance, status, and power in society than do people with other identities. Which of your identities might be considered privileged?

4. People with marginalized identities face greater discrimination, prejudice, and other hardships in society. Which of your identities might be considered marginalized?

5. Overall, which of your identities are you most hesitant to discuss? Why?

Gender

Agender
Man
Non-binary
Transgender
Woman
Another Gender

Ethnicity

Asian, Asian-American
Black, African, African-American
Latino, Latina, Latinx
Native, Pacific Islander, Indigenous
White, European, European-American
Another Ethnicity

Social Class

Lower
Middle
Poor
Working
Upper
Another Class

Religion

Buddhist
Christian
Hindu
Jewish
Muslim
Another Religion

Age

10-24
25-39
40-54
55-69
70+
Another Age

Disability

Cognitive
Emotional
None
Physical
Psychological
Another Disability

Body Type

Athletic
Average
Chubby
Fat
Skinny
Another Type

Orientation

Asexual
Bisexual
Gay or Lesbian
Heterosexual
Pansexual
Another Orientation

Region (U.S.)

East
Midwest
Puerto Rico
South
West
Another Region
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