Your Most Important Identity Trait

[Sgt. Pepper]

I voted for nationality. I'm biracial, Native American and Caucasian. I've encountered "You don't look Indian to me!" from several Caucasian people over the years. I was also accused of pretending to be an Indian. I've only encountered pure malice towards my ancestry from a Native American once in my lifetime, and he told me that I'm the result of a cultural genocide. I was barely 20 when this happened, and I'm 48 now. I've never experienced any kind of negativity from other Native Americans about my ancestry, and I've been involved in native culture since my mid-twenties. I was also perpetually teased about my name while I was growing up. It's an unusual Indian name, and I used to hate it with a passion. In fact, I refused to even acknowledge my real name for many years.

 

[Nakosis]

What is your most important identity trait? What are you most offended by if someone guesses it wrong about you?

Gender?
Name?
Nationality?
Religion?
Age?
Weight?
Something else?

Nationality/race I suppose.
Not that I get offended really but a lot of assumptions are made about me because I am "White".

 

[JustGeorge]

Assuming i dont speak English

I don't really get offended by having any of that mistaken. I'm hard to read, and I'm used to mistaken assumptions. I do get irritated when people don't listen, though. I don't mean not remember; that's okay. But when I tell them something, and it doesn't fit their idea of who they'd like me to be, so they change it and respond to me according to the image of me they have in their head.

 

[Spiderman]

I personally don't like it when people think I'm attracted to guys.

 

[JustGeorge]

I personally don't like it when people think I'm attracted to guys.

I had to change my hair color when I was young because people kept thinking it was a LGBT thing...

It was rainbow, and it was beautiful, but I was looking for a boyfriend, not a girlfriend.

 

[The Hammer]

My religion. But I don't care if someone guesses it wrong.

The other aspect of my identity that I consider important is my kindness towards others (typically).

 

[syo]

I am angry, when people assume things in general. It's disgusting.

 

[syo]

What is your most important identity trait?

Pagan.

What are you most offended by if someone guesses it wrong about you?

I am not offended.