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According the Online Socialist (2021) are characteristics that are attributed to an individual or group by society, in other words , social identity is based on your group membership and how others perceive those groups. It's something one can't control because it isn't a story you tell about yourself about "you" but instead a story that other people tell about who "you" are.

Though I live in Canada permanently, I identify as a black Immigrant woman of African descent, I am able bodied, cisgender woman, internationally trained woman, documented permanent resident, learnt English, I rent my apartment, I am a heterosexual and I am middle aged-39 years old woman and a single mother

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According to Chandler (2017), social location shapes our ideas of who we are and what we should attain in life, it stresses the social contexts in which we live and looks at how we are influenced by society and how forces affect our behavior.
The Online Socialist (2021) defines social position or location as places individuals and groups along a social hierarchy. It provides specific roles and statuses.

Describe your social location with respect to the social identities that you named in “Part 1” that categorize you as belonging to oppressed groups.

A Black woman of African descent, a low income single or lone mother, being an Immigrant, being Internationally trained, my size of being big or obese.

Note whether or not you belong to more oppressed groups than privileged groups within Canadian society (or vice versa) and how this impacts your social location.

I belong to more oppressed groups than privileged groups within the Canadian Society. Because I am a Black, Low Income , Single Woman, Internationally trained, with an Accent, who doesn't own her property, I am place is low class position, with no classy status, I don't fit in with professionals that studied the same field like myself, I can even date reasonable people in Canadian Context because our social positions are different

Choose ONE of the forms of oppression you experience, and comment briefly on experiences of social devaluation, discrimination, disempowerment, and/or internalization of the oppression that have made an impact on you.

Because I am internationally trained professional, most employers don't respect my training, this has shuttered me after spending all my early years  in school, I struggle explaining to my children that thought my training was valuable, until we came o Canada, I ended up doing jobs like driving Uber, working in factories, so I could provide for my family, some employers are not comfortable employing black women, being an immigrant denies me from accessing some services in Canada, and also the systemic oppressions faced by immigrants and black people, having an accent makes me unfit to do some jobs or fit well in society, and being a low income, means my status is down and a lone mother, I struggle a lot with people that keep complaining my body size, especially male counter parts like when we meet at a date.

Examine some of the ways in which your experiences as a member of oppressed groups vary depending on whether or not you are in a mainstream Canadian context or within your own specific context or community by referring to your analysis using the Enns and Myers “Social Power Inventory.” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s comments on the contrast between her experiences in Nigeria and her experiences in the United States might provide a useful model .

Before I travelled to Canada, I was an Accountant working with the British High Commission, I was working in a very respected profession in Ugandan Context, My color didn't matter at all, my age didn't matter so much because 85% of the Ugandan population is below the age of 35 years, only 15% are above, so the un uniform difference didn't make age a problem, I come from a community where being heterosexual is superior than being LGBT, actually the Ugandan society and government kills and imprisons for life consecutively. Where I come from I was among the people with high income, I was married then and any woman my age was expected to be married. In summary my summary location in Uganda placed me more on the privilege side of the Social location of the web than Canada which has placed me to the Oppressed side more.

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Describe your social location with respect to the social identities that you named in “Part 1” that categorize you as belonging to dominant groups.

Being able bodied, makes me join the group that is able to do everything as established by the social class in Canada. Being middle aged -39 years old, means I belong to that group that is in it's prime time to work. Being heterosexual is what some people in society presume to be "normal" and "expected" by most society members, a documented permanent resident of Canada  puts me in that class of people that are "official" in Canada and thus access some benefits, some one that can speak and understand English places me in that section that speaks English as one of the official languages in Canada and the benefits that come with it, and being a Cis gender woman.

Choose ONE of these groups and comment on how you benefit from power and privilege within mainstream Canadian society as a result of your membership in this group

As a documented Immigrant, I was able to realize that this privilege could help apply for school and also access the Ontario Student Loan program to enable me forge a future for myself after 4 years of being depressed that employers cant recognize my international training that I spent half of my life acquiring, then the racism that I have suffered as try to find love for my life, move about with my life. This oppression made all the presumed privileges I thought I had earlier invisible

Examine ways in which you have “invisibilized” your power and privilege as a member of dominant groups, as well as ways in which you have tried to become aware of and address your power and privilege

Because of the intersectionality that comes with my identity, some oppressions surpassing the privileges that come with my plural identity, the privilege of be being able bodied and of middle age and being heterosexual were all over powered by the oppression that I faced because of being a black woman with international training with a heavy accent that society was devaluing

When have you caught yourself relying on a "single story" of social identity groups that are devalued by mainstream Canadian society?

The first four years of my stay in Canada, I kept myself doing odd jobs and telling myself that my profession will never be recognized, my color will never allow me to enjoy Canada because of the different stories of media. Its in my fifth year that I told myself that I need to choose a path and change my story.

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Privileges that that presumably come with my identity

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Privileges that that presumably come with my identity

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Which aspects of your social identity and social location have most influenced you in choosing to become a Community Worker-in-Training? Why?

Being an Internationally trained professional- I feel it's unfair, for a training that has the same principles of any other related training world wide but can't be given an opportunity to practice. Actually thus devaluation has made me lose pride in my  profession. However  I want to gain skills that will enable me to bring together the internationally trained professionally to petition policy makers, call on to activists, and all stakeholder to minimize this.

Racism that my black community faces, to encourage ourselves and also continue sensitizing the community about the fact that we are not different.

Analyze how completing this assignment, including in-class activities, has enhanced your understanding of the themes of anti-oppressive practice as explained by the readings & class discussions.

Completing this assignment has made me understand the themes better, before I started the assignment, I kept doing the reading but my understanding was limited.

Be specific about the changes you have observed in your professional knowledge, skills, and attitudes,

I am empowered with knowledge about human rights
I am empowered by shared experiences
The different acts, bills of government that I didn't understand before I studied thus course
More respect for the Indigenous community and the importance of land acknowledgements
Explanation about why I am in the position that i hold in Canadian Society
Can explain

Identify what are the next steps and/or actions that you will take to improve and develop your anti-oppressive practice .

According  to Adams et. al (1998) Anti- Oppressive practice is a dynamic process based on the changing complex patterns of social relation and according to Clifford (1995) in Adams (1998 ), he uses the term anti oppressive  to indicate an explicit evaluative position that constructs social divisions( especially race, class, gende3r, disability, sexual orientation and age) as matters of broad social structure, at the same time  as being personal and organizational issues. It looks at the use and abuse of power not only in relation to individual or organizational behavior, which maybe overtly, covertly or indirectly racist, classist, sexist and so on, but also in relation to broader social structures for example, the health, educational, political, and economic plus media.

Engaging my community to establish our social location resulting from our social identity, so we can develop anti-oppressive practice to minimize misuse of power by those that believe they are superior

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1. Adams, R., Dominelli, L., Payne, M. Campling, J., (1998) Social Work-Themes, Issues and Critical Debates

2. Social Location video notes - YouTube

3. What is Self-Identity & Social Identity? - YouTube