0 to believe that you are a particular kind of person, especially when other people do not think that you are that kind of person:
"If you self-identify as Navajo, then you're Navajo," he said.
There is still a huge proportion of the gay population who will not self-identify.
In others, the responsibility rests with the generalist classroom teacher, or with teachers who self-identify an interest in, willingness or ability to teach music.
Callers either self-identify themselves or, if they do not, they assume that their identity is known.
Many people self-identify with the (local) community of speakers of their language.
If the recipient is unable to recognize the caller, however, the caller needs to self-identify in the next turn.
The complicating issue here of course is that people can (and often do) belong or self-identify with other social groups that exist alongside or within their own culture.
Recognizing the priority of the need to self-identify in telephone conversations reflects, to some extent, the respect for individual rights and autonomy in societies that value individuality highly.
The first problem is that many carers do not regard themselves as such—they do not self-identify.
Most of these self-identify as exiles as their motivation for leaving the island is political in nature.