social psychologist William McGuire long ago noted we are…

Page 97 social psychologist William McGuire long ago noted we are conscious of ourselves in so far as and in the ways that we differ. When he and his coworkers invited children to tell us about yourself, they mostly mention their distinctive attributes. spontaneous self-concepts often adapt to a changing group. A black woman one white woman will think of herself black McGuire observed when moving to a group of black men she will become more conscious of being a woman. Isabel Wilkerson quotes from in the book The origins are discontents that a Nigerian playwright said you know that there are no black people in Africa they are igbo and Yoruba etc they are not black they don't become black until they go to America or come to the UK .

— from Who Is Flying (Self, Nature & Nurture)

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