New Ethnic Identities

Question 1

What is another way in which peer groups may influence ethnic identities?

Answer 1

Through people from different ethnic groups mixing together

Question 2

What did Les bac find?

Answer 2

• black, white, Asian youths spoke same slang, wore similar clothes and were interested in the same music styles
• evidence of new hybrid identities
• youths trying on new cultural masks

Question 3

What did Gill find?

Answer 3

• Blasian identity
• adopted black cultural styles and combined with their Asian culture

Question 4

What did Burdsey find?

Answer 4

• second generation Asian footballers adopted Asian identity with their parents but white laddish identity with peers
• code switching
• wore white mask with peers
• conflict between Asian identity and laddish behaviour

Question 5

What did Nayak find?

Answer 5

• white wannabes
• young white working class males who adopt the style, language of black culture
• listen to hip hop or gangster rap music