This document discusses social identity and how it is formed based on group memberships related to life experiences, religion, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, education, immigration status, social class, (dis)abilities, organizational affiliations, occupation/profession, and experiences with discrimination like heterosexism, colonialism, classism, ethnocentrism, sexism, transphobia, ageism, homophobia, and racism. It includes a diagram for mapping which identities are most central or peripheral to a person's sense of self and which identities confer advantage or disadvantage in how one sees themselves or is perceived by others.

1. Life
Experiences
SOCIAL
ORGANIZATIONAL
Religion Age Race
Ethnicity
Sexual Orientation
Gender
Education
Immigration Status
Social Class
Other Factors
(Dis)abilities
Other Factors
Club/
Campus
Organization
National /
International
Organization
Council /
Board
Department
/ Unit
Union
Af
fi
liation
Length of
Service
Student
Manger
Supervisor
Staff
Full-Time
Part-Time
Contract
Volunteer
Heterosexism
Occupation/
Profession
Colonialism
Classism
Ethnocentrism
Sexism
Transphobia
Ageism
Homophobia
Racism
Discrimination

3. Social identity is a person’s sense of
who they are based on their group
membership(s).
Identities you think about most often (Inner circle)
Identities you think about less often (outer circle)
Circle the ones that bring you advantage;
Underline the ones that bring disadvantage..
Which identities have the strongest effect on how you see yourself?
Which identities have the strongest effect on how others perceive you.
What informs that view?
Make a note of where the “disadvantaged” factors are located
(inner or outer circle).