Ethnicity

Question 1

What is ethnicity?

Answer 1

Cultural characteristics

Question 2

What are cultural characteristics?

Answer 2

Lang. Religion. Origin. History. Tradition

Question 3

What is ethnic identity l?

Answer 3

Shared culture: common descent, origins, language, religion, tradition and rituals

Question 4

Who talks about the family in relation to ethnicity?

Answer 4

Bhatti

Question 5

What does Bhatti say?

Answer 5

There is a continued emphasis on loyalty to family e.g maintaining tradition related to marriage

Question 6

Give an example used by Bhatti to show maintaining tradition

Answer 6

Bangladesh and Pakistani- important role as a mother as a duty

Question 7

How did Basit conduct his study?

Answer 7

Interviewed 24 Muslim girls, parents and 18 teachers

Question 8

What did Basit find?

Answer 8

Common misconceptions about Asian girls

Question 9

How did the Asian girls from Basits study respond to the misconception?

Answer 9

Felt no oppression, respected olders and felt protected

Question 10

What does Srenberry talk about?

Answer 10

Media in relation to ethnicity

Question 11

What does Srenberry say?

Answer 11

Ethnic minorities are stereotyped and seen as 2 dimensional characters in the media

Question 12

Give an example of a stereotype mentioned by Srenberry in the media?

Answer 12

Coronation street- black robbers and Asians taking over corner shop

Question 13

Who talks about “white wanna-be’s” and give an example?

Answer 13

Nayak and multicultural London English = jafaican

Question 14

Who does Johal say has a dual I.d?

Answer 14

British Asians who inherit Asian and adopt British id

Question 15

What is a white mask and who argues this?

Answer 15

Johal - Asians adopt white mask to interact with white peers. Brit Asians - hybrid id

Question 16

Who says that Hindu and Sikh girls cope with pressures such as parental restriction and racial prejudice

Answer 16

Ghuman

Question 17

What does Ghuman say about South Asian girls?

Answer 17

Wear traditional clothes at home and eu clothes at school

Question 18

What does Ghuman say Asian girls will do?

Answer 18

Give up career hopes to conform to parents culture e.g arranged marriage and being a good mother.

Question 19

What does Back argue?

Answer 19

There is hybrid id amongst young

Question 20

What does Back day about white black and Asian

Answer 20

They have cultural masks and so interracial interaction is common

Question 21

Give an example of cultural borrowing as mentioned by Back

Answer 21

White and Asians listening to rap and reggae over pop and rock

Question 22

List 3 sociologists who say ethnic id is not changing

Answer 22

Jacobson, James and Cashmore&Troyna

Question 23

What does Jacobson say?

Answer 23

Young Pakis have a strong Islamic id as response to social exclusion from British White

Question 24

What does James say?

Answer 24

Id and culture of af-carrib’s are unified by racism in the UK

Question 25

What do Cashmore and Troyna say?

Answer 25

Religion and culture are strong and key id source. Ethnic minorities seek support from own community for racism.