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Identities tied to culture, race, and ethnicity are dynamic, not fixed. While they’re transmitted across generations and shaped by media, literature, and current events, they don’t stay the same for everyone over a lifetime. People can reinterpret, expand, or shift how they identify as they experience new cultures, move between communities, form relationships, or face different social contexts and discrimination. This fluidity means a person might emphasize certain aspects of their cultural or ethnic identity at one life stage or in one situation and different aspects at another. So, saying these identities remain stable over the life course isn’t accurate. The other truths—identities being passed down through generations, influenced by media and events, and connected to a sense of belonging—remain valid.