Outline and briefly evaluate the view that agencies of socialisation create marginalised ethnic identities. (24 marks) Socialisation is the process individuals go through when learning the culture of their social group. There are lots of agencies that take part in socialising an individual including education‚ religion and the media. I will explain how some of these agencies contribute to create marginalised ethnic identities. These are people of minority background whose personality has been side-lined
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| |Ethnic group |Ethnic groups are groups set apart from others because of their national origin or distinctive cultural| | |patterns. | |Anti-Semitism |Anti-Semitism is showing hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious‚ ethnic‚ or | | |racial group.
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which is oftentimes used negatively in context. Despite its negative connotation‚ many ethnicities continue to practice social stratification to keep their culture distinct from other people’s cultures. This act is mainly based on maintaining the ethnic community’s status of pride and making sure no previous offensive action done to the group is now seen as permissible––as to not appear lenient and easy to exploit and abuse by others. For example‚ Chinese
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dissertation explores everyday communication patterns among ethnic Malays and Chinese in multicultural Malaysia. Specifically‚ the study examines communication strategies and the concept of sensemaking (Weick‚ 1969‚ 1979‚ 1995) in interethnic interpersonal communication processes. Because interethnic communication requires individuals‚ as social organisms (Blumer‚ 1969)‚ to possess intercultural sensitivity (Condon & Yousef‚ 1975; Orbe‚ 1995)‚ the notions of ethnicized knowledge and sensemaking in interactions
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to Understanding Cultural and Ethnic Identities? CHAPTER 4 OBJECTIVES AND OUTLINE Chapter 4 Objectives: As a result of reading Chapter 4 and participating in related class discussions and activities‚ you should be able to: (1) Pay more attention to your own and others’ family and gender socialization issues; (2) Recognize systems-level societal factors that influence newcomers’ acculturation process; (3) Be more mindful about cultural and ethnic identity factors when communicating
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suggests a focus on cultural markers such as race‚ religion‚ language and shared customs; this is because cultural markers like these can give a sense of belonging to an individual by helping them express and identify with their ethnicity or a particular ethnic group. Like ethnicity‚ class is also an important aspect of someone’s identity and can provide a sense of belonging to an individual or a group of similar people. Class is a
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Dr. Camara and the text from this chapter reveal that blacks and other ethnic minorities‚ the poor and those with low income and the not as much of educated benefit substantially less from contemporary health care than other Americans. In this reading there is also evidence that the disparity between the health characteristics of economies dominated by family based farming (LaVeist & Isaac‚ 2013). Therefore the large number of children rises the possibility that at least some of the children will
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Race and Ethnicity in Childhood Obesity Abstract Many early life risk factors for childhood obesity are more prevalent among blacks and Hispanics than among whites and may explain the higher prevalence of obesity among racial/ethnic minority children. Eliminating racial/ethnic disparities in health and health care is a national priority‚ and obesity is a prime target. During the last 30 years in the United States‚ the prevalence of obesity among children has dramatically increased‚ sparing no age
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PROMOTINGNATIONAL INTEGRATION & UNITY IN A MULTI ETHNIC SOCIETY AS INMALAYSIAINTRODUCTION Malaysia is a small country which has a unique multi-ethnic. Ethnicity in Malaysiacan be traced back with the emergence of the Chinese during the Malacca Sultanate inearly 15th century and expended in 18th century when thousands of Chinese familiesstart to settle in Johor and Terengganu. During the British colonization‚ the large number of immigrants of two major ethnic‚ the Chinese and Indian were brought to Malaysia
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Sociology of Education Unit 04 What patterns of achievement are there for students of different ethnicities? Learning targets: Different ethnic groups appear to have differing levels of achievement in school. Overall‚ the ethnicities of attainment are White‚ Chinese and Indian heritage students. There has been concern about the achievement levels of certain Black minorities: in particular‚ African Caribbeans and Bangladeshi students under-attain in schools
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