Ethnic Identity In Today's Society

Ethnicity refers to the idea that one is a member of a particular cultural, nationality, or racial group that may share some of the following foundations such as culture, religion, race, language, and even place of origin. Ethnic and racial identity are very important in today’s society especially in minority groups such as Native Americans for example. Ethnic identity plays a huge role among minority groups because they experience the contrasting and dominance of the major ethnic group. Although I consider myself as part of one of the mayor ethnic group, most of my adolescents I never really even recognize or acknowledge my own ethnic identity, it was maybe due to the influenced by the popular media, literature, and current events that …show more content…
Typically, ethnic identity is an affiliative concept, where one is viewed by themselves and by others as belonging to a particular ethnic or cultural group. Affiliation to a certain ethnic groups can be influenced by racial, symbolic, and cultural factors. Ethnic identity is constructed and modified as ourselves become aware of our own ethnicity in a multicultural world .There are many misconceptions around the world and stereotypes about Hispanics which may cause for an individual to denied or even try to modify the ethnic identity. Hispanics, for example, may avoid situations where their identity is challenged, threatened, humiliated, and criticized which leads them to seek out and sustain whenever possible settings that favor the identity …show more content…
For example, among two black individuals one may be African-American and another may be African-Caribbean. Hispanics form an ethnicity sharing a language, Spanish, and cultural heritage, rather than just a race. The United States is home to the second largest Mexican community only behind Mexico, I ‘am totally proud to consider myself Hispanic and also knowing I ‘am caring out my parents Mexican heritance and hopefully one day passing it on to my own children. Culture is the primary foundation of traditions and beliefs that helps a person relate to the world around them and how other perceives