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how has your beliefs/ethnicity/race/religion etc affected your view of the world? How have you coped with differenced and similarities? what type of psychological challenges heve you experienced as a result of this?

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In my case, I am a white, Catholic, Italian-descendant person who was born in Argentina, with which I have several points that can be considered strange in American society, even more so as an immigrant. On the one hand, I am a member of the Latino ethnic group, although neither my name nor my appearance correspond to that. On the other hand, I belong to a religion that has been historically frowned upon in America, with all that that means.

Due to this situation, I consider myself at the same time part of a majority and a minority, that is, I believe that I have a great social duality. This makes it possible for me to contemplate the situations experienced by both members of the "social mainstream" as well as those of ethnic and religious minorities, which gives me a greater capacity to accept differences than the rest of the people. Although, at the same time, this means that I do not have a great sense of belonging in any particular social group.

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