Sociologists - Ethnicity

Asian children brought up a certain way

Asian newcomers in the 60s/70s were concerned with keeping Asian cultures alive

1/20 white british find religion important compared to 1/3 of young indians

Second generation Asians conflict in identity due to westernisation
due to:
-western clothes
-arranged marriage
-freedom

Peer group important in shaping identity in African-Caribeean youth, MTV and media also important

42% of Sikh girls regularly visited the temple, 44% hardly ever did.

Roe & Cochrane

White British see ethnicity as something that they don't have.

Some young pakistanis are adopting islamic identity as a defense against exclusion

Some people from ethnic minorities are now taking on hybrid identities, taking aspects from different ethnicities.

White tend to see Islam as extreme and fanatical.

Young afro-caribbeans adopt their identity from ethnic history and popular culture. They utilise hip-hop as a representation of their feelings about white opression.

Blacks use skin colour to celebrate against racial exclusion.