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How do we Identify Ourselves and Others?

How do we Identify Ourselves and Others?. March 30, 2005. Important Questions. How has “race” been shaped by both kinds of colonialism? How have ideas of race/ethnicity changed over time? What relationships are there between nationalism, race and ethnicity?. Ethnicity Gender Sexuality

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How do we Identify Ourselves and Others?

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  1. How do we Identify Ourselves and Others? March 30, 2005

  2. Important Questions • How has “race” been shaped by both kinds of colonialism? • How have ideas of race/ethnicity changed over time? • What relationships are there between nationalism, race and ethnicity?

  3. Ethnicity Gender Sexuality Nationality Nation-States Religion Are these identities ascribed or achieved? Identity Categories

  4. Identity • Cultural classification system • Self/Other; Us/Them • How one defines who they are in relation to others. • High School: Nerds, Jocks, Geeks, Preppies, Cheerleaders, Stoners, Goths, Alternative People,

  5. Identity is… • Fluid and Social • Context Specific • Called by multiple terms • Same terms have different meanings for different people • Imbued with meaning

  6. Common Identities, ca. 1900 • Class • Gentleman, Lady, Bum, Hobo • National Origin • Irish, Scottish, Italian, Indian, Chinaman, Negro • Geography • Yankee, Carpetbagger

  7. Common Identities, ca 2005 • Class • White Collar, Blue Collar, Yuppie, Redneck • National Origin • Hyphenated Americans • Geography • Southerner, Midwesterner, West Coaster • Occupation • Academic, Politician, Entrepreneur • Age/Generation • Baby boomer, “Greatest Generation,” Generation X

  8. Gender • Woman: Gender • Female: Sex • Gender often varies with age • “Third” Sexes: • Eunuch • Hijra • Two Spirits

  9. Heterosexual Homosexual Bisexual Transexual Other Examples: Etoro (New Guinea) Azande (Sudan) Ancient Greece Sexuality

  10. Perceived Similarities Biology Skin Color Physical Features Body Shape/Size Culture Language Religion Nationality Lifestyle Examples: Irish Jewish Japanese, Korean or Asian? Ethnicity

  11. Nation, State, Nation-State • Nation: Single cultural group (Cherokee, Chinese) • State: independent, centrally organized political unit • Nation-State: Combined political and cultural units, basis of global political system in 20th century.

  12. Colonialism, Ethnicity and Nation-States

  13. Colonialism, Ethnicity and Nation-States

  14. Ethnicity Matters • Rwanda • Twa (Pygmy) 1% • Hutu (Bantu farmers) 84% • Tutsi (Hemitic pastoralists) 15%

  15. Ethnicity Matters

  16. Ethnicity Matters

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