Willful Positivity

Willful Positivity

Your Identity May Not Be Your Own

Why we must beware of inheriting a borrowed identity

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Alma Ohene-Opare
Oct 05, 2026
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I have spent enough of my life crossing cultures, communities, institutions, and political environments to learn something important: people are often far more comfortable telling you who you are than asking you who you have chosen to become. They look at your background, your skin color, your nationality, your religion, your profession, your economic c…

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