Ethnic Identity Flashcards
Anwar
Family
Asian families socialise children into religious commitment usually accepted
East is East, Bend it Like Beckham and Brick Lane
Family
Names, dress, language, customs like arranged marriage
Ghumann
Family
Teen Muslim girls are socialised into collectivist family culture which stresses loyalty and respect to elders
Family honour
Izzat
Butler
Young Muslim girls adapted their identity to fit in with British way of life
Young south Asians less likely to speak to family in South Asian language
Modood
Bangladeshis in East London place emphasis on
Extended families
Dench et al
Willis, Jackson and Lacey
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
Batty men or pussies (gay and effeminate)
Black boys who tried hard at school
Sewell
Sewell
Peer group encourages interests in expensive consumer goods rather than education with a shared culture of cool indifference to school work
Alexander
Peer group essential in art of being black
Burdsey’s Asian footballers
Asian footballers felt need to fit in with a multi ethnic peer group so dropped their identity to drink and see girls
Mason’s ethnocentric curriculum
Supported by Coard
Focuses on British identity
Coard found African-Caribbeans felt inferior because of a curriculum which ignores black perspectives
Brittain
Teachers stereotypical views of ethnic minorities with West Indian children as low ability and a discipline problem
Wright
Asian children largely excluded from nursery discussion as teachers assumed they would have poor command of English so used simple language
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
Strand
Faith schools
Ethnocentric to religion in some degree
Jhally
1970-90 minority ethnic groups ignored or stereotyped and was a feature of ethnic representation
Tabloids
Van Dijk
Taking jobs from whites and scrounging off welfare state, involved in fun and knife crime, abnormal ways of life like arranged marriage
Honour killing
Izzat
Family may murder those who brings shame on family and press highlights this though most arranged marriages are successful
Change in the media
High profile newsreaders from minority backgrounds e.g Trevor McDonald and Radio 4 presenters
Gillespie
Media lets geographically dispersed communities keep in touch with country of origin like Southall to Punjabi - reinforced language skills
Young AC adopt identities based on influential role models like 50 Cent
Gilroy opposition to white society
Workplace AC, Pakistani and Bangladesh tend to be at bottom of class system and low paid jobs prone to unemployment
Modood, Castles and Kosack
Vertical segregation
Brick Lane
Workplace discrimination so difficult to promote and must work harder to succeed
Evidence of discrimination in application process
Gay and Brown
Same CV though applicant with EM name was not interviewed but the Brit was
Middle class Indians place a high value on education
Important for identity of Sikh and Hindu who want a PROFESSION
Jacobson
Islam important in structuring identity of young Pakistani males as a defensive identity in response to exclusion from white British society
Butler’s Asian girls
Look to religion of Islam to negotiate UK identity as sense of support and acceptance denied by the white culture
Brick Lane
Importance of Islam to family like praying and modest clothes
East is East
Importance of religion to father and socialisation of his children to make pride in society rather than shame
5 ways black people are portrayed in the media
Criminal, threat, abnormal, unimportant and dependent
