Ethnic Identity

Question 0

Anwar

Family

Answer 0

Asian families socialise children into religious commitment usually accepted

Question 1

East is East, Bend it Like Beckham and Brick Lane

Family

Answer 1

Names, dress, language, customs like arranged marriage

Question 2

Ghumann

Family

Answer 2

Teen Muslim girls are socialised into collectivist family culture which stresses loyalty and respect to elders

Question 3

Family honour

Answer 3

Izzat

Question 4

Butler

Answer 4

Young Muslim girls adapted their identity to fit in with British way of life

Question 5

Young south Asians less likely to speak to family in South Asian language

Answer 5

Modood

Question 6

Bangladeshis in East London place emphasis on

Answer 6

Extended families

Dench et al

Question 7

Willis, Jackson and Lacey

Answer 7

White working class boys subscribed to a sub culture of failure as they felt it was uncool to work and were encouraged by the peer group to develop laddish behaviour

Question 8

Batty men or pussies (gay and effeminate)

Answer 8

Black boys who tried hard at school

Sewell

Question 9

Sewell

Answer 9

Peer group encourages interests in expensive consumer goods rather than education with a shared culture of cool indifference to school work

Question 10

Alexander

Answer 10

Peer group essential in art of being black

Question 11

Burdsey’s Asian footballers

Answer 11

Asian footballers felt need to fit in with a multi ethnic peer group so dropped their identity to drink and see girls

Question 12

Mason’s ethnocentric curriculum

Supported by Coard

Answer 12

Focuses on British identity

Coard found African-Caribbeans felt inferior because of a curriculum which ignores black perspectives

Question 13

Brittain

Answer 13

Teachers stereotypical views of ethnic minorities with West Indian children as low ability and a discipline problem

Question 14

Wright

Answer 14

Asian children largely excluded from nursery discussion as teachers assumed they would have poor command of English so used simple language

Question 15

Schools are institutionally racist with teachers less likely to enter AC children into advanced classes and exams as disruptive behaviour led to inaccurate judgement of ability

Answer 15

Strand

Question 16

Faith schools

Answer 16

Ethnocentric to religion in some degree

Question 17

Jhally

Answer 17

1970-90 minority ethnic groups ignored or stereotyped and was a feature of ethnic representation

Question 18

Tabloids

Van Dijk

Answer 18

Taking jobs from whites and scrounging off welfare state, involved in fun and knife crime, abnormal ways of life like arranged marriage

Question 19

Honour killing

Izzat

Answer 19

Family may murder those who brings shame on family and press highlights this though most arranged marriages are successful

Question 20

Change in the media

Answer 20

High profile newsreaders from minority backgrounds e.g Trevor McDonald and Radio 4 presenters

Question 21

Gillespie

Answer 21

Media lets geographically dispersed communities keep in touch with country of origin like Southall to Punjabi - reinforced language skills

Question 22

Young AC adopt identities based on influential role models like 50 Cent

Answer 22

Gilroy opposition to white society

Question 23

Workplace 
AC, Pakistani and Bangladesh tend to be at bottom of class system and low paid jobs prone to unemployment

Answer 23

Modood, Castles and Kosack

Question 24

Vertical segregation

Brick Lane

Answer 24

Workplace discrimination so difficult to promote and must work harder to succeed

Question 25

Evidence of discrimination in application process

Answer 25

Gay and Brown

Same CV though applicant with EM name was not interviewed but the Brit was

Question 26

Middle class Indians place a high value on education

Answer 26

Important for identity of Sikh and Hindu who want a PROFESSION

Question 27

Jacobson

Answer 27

Islam important in structuring identity of young Pakistani males as a defensive identity in response to exclusion from white British society

Question 28

Butler’s Asian girls

Answer 28

Look to religion of Islam to negotiate UK identity as sense of support and acceptance denied by the white culture

Question 29

Brick Lane

Answer 29

Importance of Islam to family like praying and modest clothes

Question 30

East is East

Answer 30

Importance of religion to father and socialisation of his children to make pride in society rather than shame

Question 31

5 ways black people are portrayed in the media

Answer 31

Criminal, threat, abnormal, unimportant and dependent