Self Portrait

Many people as myself look on the outside physical features and not so m uch as what is on the inside. In that case I decided to draw a picture of myself with the Mexico flag on half of my face and the America flag on my other half of my face . I chose the two flags because of my ethnicity, Mexican American. I also have words around me in the picture that represent some of the comments I get when talking about my ethnic. I wanted people to see that one shouldn’t be too quick to assume ones identify . Also wanted people to see that one doesn’t have to have certain physical features to identify as a certain race if they care for the race and its traditions. Although I iden tify as a Hispanic on most test forms when the option is there, I get it is hard to back up that identification. I know that for me it is hard to keep a strong base of who I am when I am not totally confident of the way I should look. I remember my brother who is in the same boat saying that it is hard with o...