ETHNIC IDENTITY IS AN INTERACTIONAL IDENTITY. The word “ethnic” that we use in our daily life sometimes can be related to foreign origins‚ unusual‚ different‚ unique‚ traditional‚ and has cultural relation. Actually‚ the word of ethnic came from the Greek word “ethnos” used by Homer in Iliad on 7-8th BC which indicates a group of people that is different from “us”. However‚ as the time move forward‚ the word “ethnic” has been understood as stated above (foreign‚ unusual‚ different‚ unique‚ traditional
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Ethnic identity is an enduring aspect of the self that incorporates awareness of members of an ethnic group along with the attitudes and feelings related to the membership‚ such as race‚ religion‚ age or gender. An ethnic group‚ unlike a racial group‚ is set apart from others because of its national origin or typical culture patterns. The majority of adolescents from ethnic minorities develops biculturalism. This signifies the presence of two different cultures‚ by associating in some ways with their
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The Ethnic Relation and Culture in Malaysia. By just looking at the title above‚ you know what I am going to talk about. Yes‚ you are right‚ the culture of our magnificent country. Our country is actually envied by many foreigners. Why? Well‚ one of the main reasons is because of how we Malaysians can live in harmony for many years‚ even though we consist of many different races and ethnic groups. The culture of our country started out with the unique combination and amount of ethnic groups
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My name is Stephanie Flowers and until this class assignment I never thoughtfully considered what my actual ethnic background was. After looking up the meaning of my last name I found it to be of Welsh origin. This means that I could possibility trace my family roots back to Great Britain. After reading chapter one of Race and Ethnic Relations I discovered that being a part of a certain ethnic background does not mean that you have to be part of that race‚ but you have to practice the common cultural
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The ethnic enclaves can be described as a form of close interpersonal organizations between individuals of a typical ethnicity living within close proximity of one another ‚ from this time forward alluded to as ethnic systems (Damm‚2009). 2.1.2 The failure and success of Ethnic enclaves Portes and Manning summarized the growth of the economy of an ethnic community can rely on 3 factors in particular ‚firstly it depends on a pre-existing presence within the host community ‚ and this was explained
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the article Ethnic Libraries and Librarianship in the United States: Models and Prospects by Stephen Stern. Humans are cyclical creatures‚ and many issues‚ such as topics relating to immigration‚ facing our modern society have already been experienced and dealt with in some fashion in the past. According to Stern librarians have been dealing with and trying to find the best approach to handle these issues for over 100 years. The author states that and there are four models of ethnic library service
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future of community ethnic newspapers depends on the future of the community it serves‚ migration and second and subsequent generations accessing it. Most present-day migrants arriving in Australia have sufficient knowledge of the English language‚ thus its former role of interpreting and translating a new culture and that of social integration is now less important. With the advent of digital communication technologies‚ little is known at this point how they will affect community ethnic newspaper production
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Reflection essay We are first year students from Faculty Science of University of Malaya. On regarding to Ethnics Relation studies we were asked to do a group assignment consist of 10 members with different ethnics. The assignment is about any ethnics in Malaysia. So‚ we decided to do research about Chitty communities in Gajah Berang‚ Malacca. On the second week‚ we started to do group discussions and meetings among ourselves on what aspect to be focused on. After few discussions‚ we decided to
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Sarah Jones African American Studies Tony Bolden 8 September 2014 Ethnic Notions Video Reflection The ‘Ethnic Notions’ video helped to broaden my understanding of the depictions of black Americans during the era of slavery and post emancipation. Caricatures of black Americans portrayed them as jolly people‚ who enjoyed serving others full-time‚ with little to no time for themselves. Because this was the way in which they were portrayed by society‚ whites truly believed that they were that
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Running head: Ethnic Group Conflict: North and South Korea Anne Solomon Diversity and Cultural Factors in Psychology/PSY450 Professor Iman Turner July 31‚ 2011 Ethnic Group Conflict: North and South Korea North Korea and South Korea have been at odds with each other for generations now. This has affected how each culture has developed from the other. North Korea is a strict communist regime‚ whereas South Korea is a republic. Conformity is different for each individual culture
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