Notes
Ethnic Identity
Content of the notes (3)
Page 1
Definition of Ethnicity & Race:
-The fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition
-The term race refers to groups of people who have differences and similarities in biological traits i.e skin colour
African Caribbean Identities
Asian Identities
White Identities
Page 2
How ethnic identity is created and reinforced ?
-Family: Bhatti: He studied Asian families and found that izzat, motherhood, loyalty and the behaviour of daughters as important
-Education: Basit: He studied non-Asian teachers and he found that they viewed Islam as oppressive to young Asian girls but the girls found it as protective and not brainwashing
-Media: Sreberny: found that negative stereotypes was usually to ethnic minorities. For example: the black women in come fly with me was cheap, lazy and rude and the Muslim woman was over sexualise all women as called them bitches
Page 3
How is ethnic Identity changing ?
Information
- Description
- AS level AS Sociology Section A (Ethnic Identity ) Note on Ethnic Identity , created by Lois Mbu on 17/10/2016.
- Created by
- Lois Mbu
- Views
- 9
- Rating
More on Ethnicity and Identity