ethnic solidarity
Shared heritage bonds
Ethnic solidarity is unity and mutual support among people who share a common ethnic identity.
The term describes both the feeling of connection and the active cooperation it produces: Ethnic solidarity helped immigrant communities establish businesses and social networks.
The concept can be positive—preserving culture and providing mutual aid—or exclusionary, depending on context.
- belongingnessNeed for social inclusion
- self-identificationClaiming an identity label
- collective memoryCommunity's shared historical recall
- old countryImmigrant's ancestral homeland
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
mutual aid societies · emotional ties · heritage · mother tongue · folklore · language preservation · self-determination · voting blocs · oral history · grassroots movements · tribal council · communal living · advocacy groups · cultural preservation · neighborhood associations · sovereignty · rituals · unity
- mutual aidteamwork, helping, sharing, lending, cooperation
- Identity Politicsethnonationalism, tribalism, tribal identity, cultural nationalism
- diasporaAfrican diaspora, exiles, Irish diaspora, emigrants, Jewish diaspora
ethnic solidaritycivic identity
Connection to one's community
cosmopolitanism · universalism · patriotism · national unity · civic unity
ethnic solidaritycosmopolitanism
Belief in shared humanity
universalism · individualism · color-blindness · multiculturalism · pluralism