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Cultural Dysmorphia

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(My Definition)

The assumed identity people place on you based on your appearance doesn’t correlate to how you personally identify and perceive yourself

As someone with colored skin raised in a culture that I don’t fully identify with I ask myself “who am I?” a lot. Almost feeling like an imposter in both, as I have minimal connection to my hispanic culture and feel out of place in the one I was born into. This internal struggle has risen to the surface again as I dive deeper into what it means to be a mixed person in America. What identities can I claim? What assumptions do people have of me? Are questions that I’ve been internally battling with. Questions are the central point of this auto-ethnographic piece and I’ve aimed to analyze my personal cultural dysmorphia and how vulnerability can lead to collaborative thought.

Creating a project like this is for people that experience what I have; people that feel like they are also trapped in this liminal space and don’t know how to navigate it.