Essay #2 Prewriting Activity

In Yoshino’s article he speaks of the term covering. His definition of the term is “to tone down a disfavored identity to fit into the mainstream.” What he is saying is that people chose to hide their identity based on bias or the fear of being hated by others. The media is also filled with hate based on certain identities.  A true self is when someone feels they are being themself around other people and a false self is the opposite, they can’t be themselves around other people so they feel as if they are being fake. “The true self was hidden behind an ostensibly straight false self,”  (Yoshino 483).