EXAMINE SOCIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS OF THE WAYS IN WHICH ETHNICITY MAY SHAPE SOCIAL IDENTITY
EXAMINE SOCIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS OF THE WAYS IN WHICH ETHNICITY MAY SHAPE SOCIAL IDENTITY
INTRO: DEFINE CONCEPTS OF ETHNICITY AND SOCIAL IDENTITY.
FEATURES OF ETHNIC MINORITY IDENTITY: PHYSICAL FEATURES SUCH AS SKIN COLOUR; SHARED LANGUAGE; RELIGIOUS BELIEFS; EXPERIENCE OF RACISM. ETHNICITY MAY BE SOURCE OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY (DESPITE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION) – IMPACT LIFE CHANCES OF MEMBERS OF E/MIN GROUPS. SUB CULTURES.
SOME SOCIOLOGISTS BELIEVE THAT ETHNICITY IS A SIGNIFICANT SHAPING FACTOR WITH REGARDS TO A PERSONS SOCIAL IDENTITY.
SOCIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE?
SUBCULTURAL ANALYSIS > DISTINCTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS
GHUMANN BRITISH ASIANS – VALUES CONFORMITY/DEFERENCE; RELIGION IMPORTANCE; BI-LINGUAL; MODOOD BLACK PRIDE & SEWELL AFRICAN CARIBEAN 6 FACTORS. EDUCATIONAL UNDERACHIEVEMENT OF AFRICAN CARIBBEAN BOYS.
EXPERIENCE OF DISCRIMINATION AND RACISM. STIGMATISED IDENTITIES. SCAPEGOATS IN MEDIA MORAL PANICS HALL MUGGING 70S
HOWEVER, OTHERS NOTE HOW POST MODERN SOCIETY HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY MULTI-CULTURAL. GLOBALISATION. MEDIA SATURATION. IDENTITY IS NOW SHAPED BY CONSUMPTION AND LEISURE CHOICES – FREE CHOICE FOR ALL.ETHNIC IDENTITIES EVOLVING AND NEW ONES CREATED. DUAL IDENTITIES (JOHAL 98) BRITISH ASIANS ADOPT WHITE BRITISH YOUTH CULTURE, WITH IMPORTANT DISTINCTIONS. CONSTRUCT OWN IDENTITY FROM EACH OF ETHNICITIES.
HYBRIDISATION TIZARD AND PHEONIX – MIXED RACE CHILDREN DISCRIMINATION BOTH WAYS.
BACK BORROWING FROM OTHER CULTURES (BLACK AND WHITE) > BLUR ETHNIC DISTINCTIVENESS
CONCLUSION. Ethnicity still source of social identity. Active, politicised identity (Bradley). Still discrimination but recently celebration of diversity. Blurring – perhaps. Ethnicities may well be evolving. Not completely free choice.
Sociologists note significant numbers of people in Britain share an ethnic minority identity
IE. They share sub-cultural characteristics that distinguish them from the majority of White anglo-saxon culture
INTRO: DEFINE CONCEPTS OF ETHNICITY AND SOCIAL IDENTITY.
FEATURES OF ETHNIC MINORITY IDENTITY: PHYSICAL FEATURES SUCH AS SKIN COLOUR; SHARED LANGUAGE; RELIGIOUS BELIEFS; EXPERIENCE OF RACISM. ETHNICITY MAY BE SOURCE OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY (DESPITE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION) – IMPACT LIFE CHANCES OF MEMBERS OF E/MIN GROUPS. SUB CULTURES.
SOME SOCIOLOGISTS BELIEVE THAT ETHNICITY IS A SIGNIFICANT SHAPING FACTOR WITH REGARDS TO A PERSONS SOCIAL IDENTITY.
SOCIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE?
SUBCULTURAL ANALYSIS > DISTINCTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS
GHUMANN BRITISH ASIANS – VALUES CONFORMITY/DEFERENCE; RELIGION IMPORTANCE; BI-LINGUAL; MODOOD BLACK PRIDE & SEWELL AFRICAN CARIBEAN 6 FACTORS. EDUCATIONAL UNDERACHIEVEMENT OF AFRICAN CARIBBEAN BOYS.
EXPERIENCE OF DISCRIMINATION AND RACISM. STIGMATISED IDENTITIES. SCAPEGOATS IN MEDIA MORAL PANICS HALL MUGGING 70S
HOWEVER, OTHERS NOTE HOW POST MODERN SOCIETY HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY MULTI-CULTURAL. GLOBALISATION. MEDIA SATURATION. IDENTITY IS NOW SHAPED BY CONSUMPTION AND LEISURE CHOICES – FREE CHOICE FOR ALL.ETHNIC IDENTITIES EVOLVING AND NEW ONES CREATED. DUAL IDENTITIES (JOHAL 98) BRITISH ASIANS ADOPT WHITE BRITISH YOUTH CULTURE, WITH IMPORTANT DISTINCTIONS. CONSTRUCT OWN IDENTITY FROM EACH OF ETHNICITIES.
HYBRIDISATION TIZARD AND PHEONIX – MIXED RACE CHILDREN DISCRIMINATION BOTH WAYS.
BACK BORROWING FROM OTHER CULTURES (BLACK AND WHITE) > BLUR ETHNIC DISTINCTIVENESS
CONCLUSION. Ethnicity still source of social identity. Active, politicised identity (Bradley). Still discrimination but recently celebration of diversity. Blurring – perhaps. Ethnicities may well be evolving. Not completely free choice.
Sociologists note significant numbers of people in Britain share an ethnic minority identity
IE. They share sub-cultural characteristics that distinguish them from the majority of White anglo-saxon culture