Ethnic Identity

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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

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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

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How is ethnic Identity changing ?