Identity and ethnicity 1 -definitions studies & sociologists

Question 1

Name some sociologists who wrote about ethnic identity in the UK

Answer 1

Gilroy, Hewitt, Spencer, Dawny.

Question 2

name some sociologists who wrote about ethnicity protecting groups from racism

Answer 2

Cashmore, Troyna, or James and Jacobson.

Question 3

what did Sewell study in the UK?

Answer 3

Afro-Carribean youth

Question 4

Name two sociologists beginning with M who wrote about identity and ethnicity

Answer 4

Mirza, Marsh

Question 5

Name two sociologists beginning with T who wrote about identity and ethnicity

Answer 5

Tizard, Tikly,

Question 6

Name two pairs of sociologists who wrote about identity and ethnicity

Answer 6

Marsh and Keating

Tizard and Pheonix

Question 7

Name a key study on Asian identity (and family)

Answer 7

Ghumann 1999

Question 8

Name a key study on black identity

Answer 8

Gilroy “black atlantic identity” 1993

Question 9

what did the sociologists Franics and Archer write about in 2005?

Answer 9

British Chinese families

Question 10

Name a sociologists who wrote about white British identity

Answer 10

Hewitt 2005

Question 11

Give one definition of “Ethnicity” used by Sociologcal writers

Answer 11

“A cultural awareness and identity within groups sharing common history” Marsh and Keating

Question 12

Cite a statistic which helps illustrate mixed ethnicity

Answer 12

80% UK population white / 7% born outside UK

(Harry- you need to ask staff who said this - was it Marsh & Keating-?? see the large fold-out paper knowledge orgniser in your folder)

Question 13

What are some of the common social features said to make up Ethnic identity?

Answer 13

racial origin

skin colour

language

historical expereince

religius beliefs

shared customs

country of origin

Question 15

more Pakistani, bangladeshis and african

Question 16

Name a Sociologist wrote about young British muslim women and hybrid identity?

Answer 16

Butler