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CONTEXT - This essay is a reflection on your multifaceted social identity at this time in your life and astatement about how you are beginning to understand yourself in a diverse world as you prepare tolaunch into your imagined best future. In this essay, identify the personal and social characteristics ofyour life according to relevant and valued diverse group memberships, i.e., ethnicity, race, gender,national origin, religious affiliation, political preference, economic status, abilities, interests, educationaland professional aspirations, etc. This will be a first-person narrative reflecting on the question: Who am I and how can I understand and contribute to a diverse workplace?
The essay should be a personal reflection on your present-day awareness of social identity, not only of yourself but also of others. It should not be limited to a literal telling of each demographic or social groupwith which you might be affiliated. Your social identity is an accumulation and integration of diverse andmultifaceted connections, experiences and social relationships that make you who you are as a person,and provides you with a sense of social belonging. In other words, what makes you unique and complexas a human being? Also, how would you imagine your emerging social identity in such a way that youwill become more connected, relevant, interesting and effective in a future business or career setting?
ESSAY PROMPT - Who am I? What is my social identity: from which groups do I derive my values, interests, preferences, biases and commitments? How does my identification with these groups helpme achieve and/or limit me today? How might my developing social identity help me to create futureopportunity, contribute to a diverse workplace and point the way ahead in my professional life?