Racial And Ethnic Identity
Racial and Ethnic Identity:
The concept of ethnicity and race in The UK is so complicated and not easy to dfine,so that’s made this concept more challeingable and difficult to be understood.” “transcends traditional categories and has become a major topic in psychology, literature, theology, philosophy, and many other disciplines” (Harris, 1995, p. 2).
However ,the concept of racial identity has been contested ,because it´s drived from biological and social dieminsions .As a biological group or class,race is taken from an invidual´s “physical features, gene pools and character qualities” (Spickard, 1992, p. 14).
The eurpean in general and the gnglish in specific use these features to distinguish themselves from African and Asian or the others
The concept of ethnicity and race in The UK is so complicated and not easy to dfine,so that’s made this concept more challeingable and difficult to be understood.” “transcends traditional categories and has become a major topic in psychology, literature, theology, philosophy, and many other disciplines” (Harris, 1995, p. 2).
However ,the concept of racial identity has been contested ,because it´s drived from biological and social dieminsions .As a biological group or class,race is taken from an invidual´s “physical features, gene pools and character qualities” (Spickard, 1992, p. 14).
The eurpean in general and the gnglish in specific use these features to distinguish themselves from African and Asian or the others