Ethnicyty Flashcards
Bhatti
In depth interviews
Continued emphasis on family and tradition
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Particular importance on Daughters
Mothers saw their family role as having paramount importance
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Compared the views on non Asians teachers to those of the girls the themselves
Misconceptions
Islam as an oppressive religion indoctrinated into
Family like as oppressive and arranged marriages as undesirable
Restriction on behaviour was seen as protective
Respected their elders
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Content analys of news
Disproportionate focus on ethnic minorities as
Criminal
Threat in term of immigration
Asylum seekers
Potential terrorist
Media Edward said
West’s construction of the Orient as exotic or primitive. Whites
tend to see Islamic identity as extreme and fanatical. Such views
undermine the relationship between Islam and Western culture
and create mutual suspicion and hostility. For example, many
Christian or secular Whites view Islam as oppressive in its
treatment of women despite evidence to the co
Peer Group
Peer Groups as “Cultural Comfort Zones”: Tony Sew
this particularly to working class African Caribbean boys, preferring to hang around with peers of the same ethnicity and social class than to be in the white middle-class world of teachers and school, which is sometimes perceived as an alien environment.
How is ethnic identity changing? Are ethnic identities hybridising?
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White wannabes nayak
Ghumann: Compartmentalism (wa men !)
cope with the twin pressures of parental restriction and racial prejudice
On the one hand, South Asian girls learn to think and behave as obedient and respectful daughters wearing salwar kameez and speaking in Punjabi/Hindi at home. On the other, they wear European-style uniform and speak English at school and are engaging and assertive like their English peers’
BBC Asian Network and Compartmentalism:
A recent survey carried
More than half of respondents say that they’ve toned down their Asian identity in order to better fit into British society. This could mean people using Western- sounding names or altering their accents.
