What is "Identity"? ... What comprises Social Identity? ... Jenkins (1996) argues that on some level, all human identities are social identities. ... Kitano (1991) distinguishes between racial identity and ethnic identity. ... In these terms, race forms a part of social identity and shapes social identity. ...
How do they create an identity for themselves? ... Where do they find their cultural identity? ... Sometimes a dual identity is developed. ... Through Clare one can live the dual identity of the island people. ... He seems to think he knows his identity. ...
The various works of Michael Ondaatje entail themes of identity. Ethnicity is often incorporated as an essential property to identity in the works. ... Certain structures give credit to the presence of national identity in the novels. ... Through recognition of structures as a powerful force in the realization of identity, Ondaatje places emphasis on ethnicity in context to the nature of identity. ... Through the use of the two world wars in recognizing identity, importance is based on nationality and its dominant presence in the notion of identity. ...
Safe to say, the same goes for my identity. ... Family is where identity starts. ... Without family, we have no race or identity. ... It is because of this that our ethnic identity lives on. ... That right there is the identity crisis. ...
In addition, he did not have good friends to help him form racial opinions and thus a self-identity. ... In this e-mail that Alicia writes to Bobby, we learn that Alicia has lost her sense of identity in the same way that James has no sense of self-identity. ... Alicia has lost her sense of identity because she went blind at a young age. ... James' identity issues stemmed from a lack of knowledge about his and his mother's race and heritage. ... Because of this, McBride experienced great difficulty developing a positive self-identity. ...
None of these parts of individual identity are directly tied to race. Not even ethnicity and culture are predetermined by race, much less other parts of our identity. ... All of these other aspects of identity are changeable, not immutable. ... They won the culture clash, and forced the Native culture to lose most of their own racial identity. But what about those assumptions regarding racial identity that is made with "good intent?" ...
The principal theme in the novel is the identity of race. ... Because he "passes" and denies his heritage, he is therefore unable to find his identity. ... This is the inner battle and identity crisis he struggles with. ... It creates a man without an identity. ... He will have to leave his black heritage in the past and continue moving forward thus realizing that his identity is missing, and his children will never know their true 6 identity. ...
This is important because there are many other adolescents and young adults of color who, because of the lack of cultural identity, struggle much more when it comes to self-confidence and depression. ... Somewhere Between is a wonderful example of adoptees and their stories of finding their identity. ... Chris Fuchs wrote an article for NBC News that focused on two adoptees in their late teens to early twenties who were adopted from China and raised in the U.S. finding their identity. It tells the different stories of how each adoptee relates back to China and their birthplace and what their i...
Throughout the years one can see that the construction of black identity has changed due to white political and social conditions. It is true that white racism has had great influence on the identity of blacks through especially through segregation. Blacks have used this development of identity to resist, defend, and adapt to the ways of the white political and social conditions. Malcolm X is great example of a person who has helped educate blacks of this identity. ... One can see the black identity being used as a form of resistance and self-defense from integrating into a white society. ...
Race is a central focus in the novel Caucasia and allows its readers to take notice that Birdie's ability to disappear can be greatly appreciated and considered a blessing and we see this through identifications such as her standpoint, identity and race in general. ... Although Birdie's standpoint has allowed her to see both white and black races viewpoint, it has dramatically influenced how she feels about herself and who she is, race plays a crucial role in her identity. Author Danzy Senna shows her audience how identities of nationality and race are intersectionally and socially c...
These children encounter issues such as: Grasping self concept or identity and acceptance of their personal appearance. ... There are many factors that influence a bi-racial child's identity. ... "In my childhood, I was forced to deny my white heritage and only claim my Black identity." ... Besides today bi-racial people have a more positive outlook on there identity than in the past. ... Appearance is found to be a large influence on a young person's attitude on their identity. ...
We then must look into whether the characters are choosing racial identity based on the recollection of their mothers in Maggie, or the inclination to ascribe negative characteristics to another race. ... Nonetheless, we are still left with the questions, "what the hell happened to Maggie" and what does that mean for the racial identity of these women?" The racial identities of these women are irrelevant, as the story's purpose is to evoke the use of social cues for attempted reason. ... The implications to this are apparent in our effort to determine the racial identity of Twyla and Rob...
Our sense of identity, our values, our beliefs, our learning styles, our dialects, our modes of social interaction, our ways of being in the world -- these are important components of our culture. ... In Kesaya Noda's article, "Growing Up Asian in America" the dialogue, reveals that Noda's identity is more American than Asian. ... To being with, everything Noda writes about in this essay supports her identity. ... In conclusion, Noda's identity reveals that she is more American than Asian. ... Awareness of how your cultural identity has been shaped and developed will put you in ...
Specifically, white people involved in Hip-hop sparks debates and controversy about their appropriation and interpretation of Hip-hop music, which is typically assumed to be part of the black culture and black social identity (Kitwana, 2005). ... This subconsciously reminds receivers about the cultural object that Hip-hop has become an identity which is dangerous and violent. ... Another example comes from the documentary "Blacking Up: Hip Hop's remix of race and identity". ... With all the rage about "black rage", it is clear that the main selling point of Hip-hop cul...
It was this institution which prevented Bigger Thomas from having a sense of identity or acquire individualism. ... Bigger found a sense of freedom and identity in his acts of violence and it was through them that he forced the white race to take notice and recognize him as an individual. ... It is this fear that blocked the growth of Bigger's individual identity. ... He desires an identity that is his alone. Both the white and the black communities have robbed him of dignity, identity, and individuality. ...
In the play Trying to Find Chinatown, David Henry Hwang addresses racial identity and discrimination, almost to the point of overkill. ... This was the way Benjamin was learning about his own self and identity. ... Because the men are such complete manifestations of their racial stereotypes, Hwang writes their language in such a way that it traps them into being defined as nothing else, almost as if the expectation of being a certain thing prohibits them from understanding where true identity comes from. ... While Kushner does not discuss a current issue or theme, his ideas about communi...
Through a persons identity it creates a community of diversity. ... Specifically, having a high salience of racial identity is necessary in order to move through the stages of various racial identity development models. ... Teaching your own child to not be diverse will not change the child's identity since everyone's identities are infinite. ...
Not only did the Harlem Renaissance transform African American identity and history, but it also transformed American culture in general. ... Their writing also defined the African American heritage and celebrated their new identity as Americans. ... The diverse literary expression of the Harlem Renaissance ranged from the fiction of James Weldon Johnson and the poetry of Claude Mckay which described the reality of black life in America and the struggle for racial identity. ... Some common themes and aims that were used in the writings included alienation, marginality, the use of folk material...
(Lipsitz 2) In his book, "The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit From Identity Politics," George Lipsitz argues that it is in the best interest of white Americans to "invest in whiteness, to remain true to an identity that provides them with resources, power, and opportunity." ... (Lipsitz 51). " "U.S. wars in Asia over the past five decades have also contributed significantly to this view of Asian Americans and Asians as foreign enemies incapable of being assimilated into a U.S. national identity."... In the conclusion of "Whiteness Studies: Nothing but Oppressive an...
As IM's anger intensifies, he strikes, "pieces of silver from the pipe, exposing the black and rusted iron," exposing the true imagery of the pipe: that the silver that covers the identity of the black and rusted pipe, equating to the black man in society. ... Such false identities have caused IM, and other blacks and minorities, to become disillusioned. ... The bank and the doll are both put into IM's briefcase, signifying IM's loss of identity and his inability to escape from the racial stereotypes inflicted on him by society. ... " The whites were controlling t...
Although it must be acknowledged that language and culture alone do not constitute an ethnic group, they do provide a framework from which a common identity can be derived, thus in defining the largest ethnolinguistic categories in Angola, language and cultural background will be analyzed. ... Colonization and imperialism has had significant repercussions on the ethic identity of many Angolans. ... All of these factors, which stem from imperialism, have affected the ethnolinguistic identity of many Angolans. ...
They have left their homeland with high motivation to succeed materially and to improve but they also have strong warnings about the danger of moral corruption in the West, hence and increased awareness of values and behaviours, and a reappraisal of ethnic identity. ... They also have entirely separate cultural traditions which provide a strong sense of identity. ...
"The Farm story- marked a point in time- before it there was no Canadian identity in theatre, after it there was. In the same fashion, Melvin Van Peebles' movie marked the moment when African Americans reclaimed their identity. ...
Nevertheless, by highlighting exclusion experienced by the protagonists as a result of racial or sexual discrimination, Du Bois and Delany argue for equal treatment of people of different colors or of different sexual identities, and promote tolerance and understanding among these different groups in real life. ... Similarly in Aye and Gomorrah, the Spacers are segregated from others due to their unique sexless and genderless identities. ... Portraying Spacers' rejections by people with different sexual identities, Delany signifies society's dissociation, and asks for greater accept...
This literary, artistic, and intellectual movement, centered in New York's Harlem, kindled a new African-American cultural identity by celebrating black traditions and the black voice. ... People would rather sacrifice their identity and their background, to gain in status, and ultimately be at that upper level of class, which would otherwise remain absolutely untouchable for the person they were pretending not to be. ... But for a person in Bob's position it is difficult to understand how someone could just deny her true identity for a gain in social status. ...
