Ethnicity and Identity

• Modood (1997): Skin colour and racism


  Black pride and power is celebrated because of shared experiences with racial prejudice
• Sewell: Media contribution to shaping identity


  Street identity is partly shaped by media agencies which encourage young Afro-Caribbean males to subscribe to consumer culture
• Sewell: Peer pressure and male identity


  Peer pressure is influential in shaping ethnic identity among disaffected Afro-Caribbean youth; likely to be responsible for low educational achievement and unemployment
• Johal (1998): Hybrid identities


  2nd + 3rd gen British Asians adopt a dual Asian and British identity - 'White mask' - in order to interact with white peers and emphasise their cultural heritage at home
• Ghuman (1999): Asian identities


  South Asian identity based on traditional values of duty and obligation to wider family is transmitted through the family
• Tizard and Phoenix (1993): Mixed race identity


  Found that 60% of mixed-race children were proud of their mixed parentage, however some experienced racism from both White and Black populations