Ethnic/ Hybrid Identities

Question 1

Define race

Answer 1

Groups of people who have differences and similarities in biological traits deemed by society to be socially significant

Question 2

Define ethnicity

Answer 2

The characteristics or religion, language and cultural tradition they are shared by a group of people with common ancestry

Question 3

Postmodernist view

Answer 3

Argue for hybridity and choice in a globalised world

Question 4

Functionalist view

Answer 4

Argue that ethnic minorities should adapt to their new societies

Question 5

Marxist view

Answer 5

Link race to capitalism and argue ethnic identity still causes inequality

Question 6

Modood

Answer 6

Points out they Asia includes India and Bangladesh; Religious groups such as sikhs Muslims and Hindus and different languages.

2nd generation ethnic minorities felt more British than their parents

Question 7

Ghumann

Answer 7

Asian children had emphasised family values

Question 8

Gilroy (1993)

Answer 8

Black identity shouldn’t be linked to a country

Question 9

Hewitt (2005)

Answer 9

White backlash against positive discrimination

Question 10

James (1993)

Answer 10

Suggests that the experience of racism unifies the culture and identity of African Caribbeans in the uk

Question 11

Jacobson (1997)

Answer 11

Argues that young Pakistanis have a strong Islamic identity as a response to social exclusion

Question 12

Cashmore and Troyna (1990)

Answer 12

Ethnic minorities “turn inwards” and seek support from their own ethnic community as a response to racism

Question 13

Spencer et al (2007)

Answer 13

Eastern European migrants don’t socialise with British people “the British don’t let you into their circles”

Question 14

List 3 causes of ethnic hybridity

Answer 14

The media

Globalisation

Influences from other ethnic groups

Question 15

Nayak (2003)

Answer 15

“White wannabes”= white British males who speak, dress and act in a way influenced by hip hop culture