Ethnicity and Identity: LT8

Question 1

Ethnicity

Answer 1

The shared culture of a certain social group which gives its members a common identity.

Question 2

Minority ethnic group

Answer 2

A social group that shares a cultural identity which is different from that of the majority population of a society

Question 3

ethnic identity

Answer 3

When an individual asserts their identity primarily in terms of their ethnic group and culture to which they belong

Question 4

How are ethnic identities formed?

Answer 4

Transmit from one generation to the next by agencies of socialisation

Question 5

Anwar: Family

Answer 5

South Asian families emphasise value of family obligation and loyalty and commitment to religion

Question 6

Sewell: Education

Answer 6

Black identities are reinforced as young black students cope with racist teacher stereotypes

Question 7

Sewell: Media

Answer 7

Aspects of the macho black identity of African Caribbeans are derived from the media

Question 8

Jacobson: Religion

Answer 8

Islam in particular has become an increasingly significant source of identity amongst young British Pakistani Asians that force social exclusion in British society

Question 9

However, Ethnic identity

Answer 9

Fanon: British Asians adopt Asian identity at home and a ‘White Mask’ identity at school

Question 10

Diaspora of ethnic identity

Answer 10

The dispersal of an ethnic population from its homeland, spreading across the world while maintaining cultural ties with area of origin

Question 10

White mask

Answer 10

Refers to the idea that non-white minority ethnic groups play down their own ethnicity and culture and adopt features of white culture to overcome prejudice

Question 11

What has diaspora caused?

Answer 11

Ethnic population to adopt at least two identities

Question 12

What has globalisation caused for ethnic identity?

Answer 12

Cultures are beginning to lose their separate identities
Hybrid identities emerge from a mix of identities

Question 13

Hall

Answer 13

‘New identities’ are being created, while ethnic identities are becoming harder to identify with due to globalisation

Question 14

Bradford

Answer 14

Ethnic identities becoming more confused due to UK born children being born with inter-ethnic partnerships
Hybrid identity

Question 15

Ethnic identities in Britain

Answer 15

Multi-cultural society with diverse ethnic groups

Question 16

White identities

Answer 16

. Agencies of socialisation promote and favour white people
. Do not generally assert there identity because they already have power

Question 17

Black identities

Answer 17

. Has links to ‘Black Atlantic’ which is a cultural network of support to black people spanning Africa, America and Britain relenting diaspora form slavery

Question 18

Gilroy

Answer 18

There is no single black identity but historical experience of slavery affects the perceptions of black people

Question 19

Asian identities

Answer 19

Religion has become important to help build a positive identity that is denied by a white, racist, Islamophobic culture.

Question 20

Mirza

Answer 20

growing popularity of hijab by muslim girls is because of want to preserve cultural traditions

Question 21

Johal: Brasian identity

Answer 21

Younger Asian generations have an Asian identity inherited through family socialisation and a British identity learned through secondary socialisation

Question 22

Islamic Fundamentalism

Answer 22

Muslim identities have become stigmatised leading to harassment
Furthermore ‘fashionable islamophobia’ where prejudice has become normal.