ethnic identities
Ancestral group affiliations
Ethnic identities are the cultural, ancestral, or national backgrounds people claim as part of who they are—Irish, Korean, Yoruba, Kurdish.
Unlike race, which emphasizes physical characteristics, ethnicity centers on shared heritage, language, customs, or homeland: Her ethnic identity was shaped by summers with grandparents in Puerto Rico.
People may hold multiple ethnic identities or discover new ones through genealogy.
- biculturalismHaving two cultural identities
- mixed heritageDiverse ancestral origins
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- immigrant experienceNewcomer's adjustment to another country
stereotypes · migration · language · historical trauma · oral histories · folk traditions · passing down · cultural preservation · ancestral lineage · old country · belongingness · blood ties · civil rights · self-esteem · cuisine · cultural pride · code-switching · homeland
- Balkan HistoryBalkans, Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Montenegro
ethnic identitiescivic identity
Connection to one's community
citizenship · legal status · class identity · professional identity
ethnic identitiescommon humanity
Shared nature of people
human identity · global citizenship · color-blindness · cosmopolitanism · race-blindness