Transcript Ethnicity and youth sub

Ethnicity and youth sub-cultures
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Hybridity
Ethnocentrism
Discrimination
Prejudice
Ethnicity
Race
Ethnicity
• Ethnicity is related to culture, descent and a
shared sense of identity (Modood 2005)
• Therefore ethnicity is related to race, as well as
nationality as well as religion.
• Factors which have influenced people’s ethnic
identities are immigration and globalisation.
• In Britain there is much diversity of ethnic
backgrounds this has lead to Hybrid Cultures such
as Brasian (British Asian) a blend of different
cultures creating an entirely new ethnicity.
Sub-cultures
• Rastafarians – Jamaica, Bob Marley, religion,
capitalism resistance, resistance to white
oppression.
• Bhangra – folk music from Punjab has been
incorporated into contemporary music styles
• Shown in Brasian (New Hybrid identity British
Asian)
• Hip-Hop Gansta Rap – born in the Bronx in 1970s
– Rap music, dance, graffiti, female exploitation Hybridity is strong e.g Eminem
Researchers
• Hall (1996) New ethnicities. Stuart Hall recognises how
ethnic groups have influenced one another due to
migration and globalisation producing hybrid identities.
• Modood et al (1997) most second generation
immigrants (Caribbean and South Asian) saw
themselves as both British and Black/Asian
• Les Back (1996) found white youths adopting black
caribbean culture on London council estates.
• Tony Sewell (1997) found Black youths developed antischool and resistant sub-cultures based on rastafarian
or gansta/hip-hop culture – macho, materialist – gave
them status they could not get from white society.
Positives and Negatives
+ More choice
+ Hybrid identities due to immigration
+ Rich diversity in music, fashion, media
- Intolerance/racism/ethnocentrism
- Gang related activity – due to intolerance
- Resistance due to racism past/present
- Erosion of British culture (read David Starkey’s
comments)
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/aug/13/davidstarkey-claims-whites-black
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Ethnicity
• Read pg 7-8 of peach workbook and identify
main ideas about ethnicity and youth
• Write notes on the concepts of
• Resistance
• hybrid cultures
• ethnocentrism