How the speaker uses her personal experience in the talk

Part of your assignment asks you to focus on how America Ferrera uses her personal experience in the talk “My identity is a superpower – not an obstacle”. For this, it is important to note that all of Ferrera’s talk is built on her personal experiences as a Latina actress living in the US. Consequently, Ferrera’s opinions about the film industry in the US are connected with her experiences. 

Ferrera uses her personal experience as an actress to show that actors belonging to minorities experience prejudice in the film industry. The first personal anecdote she offers presents her shock and disappointment after realizing that the casting director did not care about her experiences as an authentic Latina and wanted a stereotype instead: 

It took me mos...