Ethnic Identities

What is a British Identity?

• people who identify themselves as the original British people

• people who identify themselves as the original Asian people

• people who identify themselves as the original African people

• people who identify themselves as the original European people

How is British identity viewed in society

• automatically assumed; seen as superior; does not face racism, discrimination, or stigmatisation

• not automatically assumed but have to clarify; seen as superior; does not face racism, discrimination, or stigmatisation

• automatically assumed; seen as inferior; does not face racism, discrimination, or stigmatisation

• automatically assumed; seen as superior; does face racism, discrimination, or stigmatisation

What does Gilroy said about African-Caribbean Identities?

• there is no single black identity or culture because it has all been affected by slavery

• slavery doesn't affect black culture and until now, there is still a single black identity

• slavery does affect black culture but there is still a single black identity

• there is no single black identity or culture because it has all been affected by wars

Examples to back up Gilroy's saying relating to African-Caribbean identities

• second gen African-Caribbeans have a different taste in music, dialect, customs, styles, & a sense of pride that acts as resistance to racism & helps establish black identity

• second gen African-Caribbeans have a similar taste in music, dialect, customs, styles, & a sense of pride that acts as resistance to racism & helps establish black identity

• first gen African-Caribbeans have a different taste in music, dialect, customs, styles, & a sense of pride that acts as resistance to racism & helps establish black identity

• first gen African-Caribbeans have a similar taste in music, dialect, customs, styles, & a sense of pride that acts as resistance to racism & helps establish black identity

How is black identity reinforced?

• distinctive black subculture & anti-school subculture

• similar black subculture & anti-school subculture

• distinctive white subculture & anti-school subculture

• distinctive black subculture & pro-school subculture

What does Fuller's research find out

• African-Caribbean girls create anti-school subcultures to resist & overcome stereotypes by teachers

• African-Caribbean boys create anti-school subcultures to resist & overcome stereotypes by teachers

• African-Caribbean girls create pro-school subcultures to resist & overcome stereotypes by teachers

• African-Caribbean boys create pro-school subcultures to resist & overcome stereotypes by teachers

According to Sewell, what responsible for the underachievement & shapping of African Caribbean?

• Peer pressure

• Social pressure

• Societal pressure

• Family pressure

Example of why African male are underachieving

• they are focusing on being gangsta as a form of compensatory masculinity to make up for the lost of male socialisation in household

• they are focusing on being a good person as a form of compensatory masculinity to make up for the lost of male socialisation in household

• they are focusing on being gangsta as a form of non-compensatory masculinity to make up for the lost of male socialisation in household

• they are focusing on being gangsta as a form of compensatory masculinity to make up for the abundance of male socialisation in household

Who said this? “Asian identities are different in the way they express their culture, languages, & religion”

• Modood

• Johal

• Jacobson

• Mirza

What are the two identities that second gen Asian often has, according to Johal?

• Asian & white

• Asian & black

• Asian at home & asian at school

• Asian & Islam