The Choice: Ethnic Identity

A boy was born in a clinic in a poor village in Thailand. The unmarried mother without a direct family member passed away at birth and left his orphan in his son. That baby grew up with the help of foster carers, and was immediately adopted by American couple. Then the married couple brought up boys as their houses at home. He lives in the suburbs, learns English, goes to public school, lives in a complete American culture, and accepts it. He knows that he comes from a different family history and has a different nationality from his parents, but he chose to understand the race that he fell in love with.

Harold Isaacs' race means the basic group identity obtained by that person at birth. Meanwhile, Daniel Bell and Daniel Moynihan emphasize that race is not an essential one but a strategic choice, but it is consciously chosen by the guide. ~ This is a selected group member and may be changed in some cases. Novak also emphasizes that "racial need" changes over time and is a conscious choice that may be affected more than once. Multi run form

As the audience changes, a series of ethnic choices defined by society opens up personal change. This created "stratification" of ethnic identity, which combined with the attribution of the citizens revealed negotiations and problematic nature of the national identity. The race builds a race 155 border as an identity built by individuals and groups, as well as external agents and organizations. Examples of racial identity patterns can be found in many American ethnic communities

Ethnic Identity and Ethnic Identity of African Americans Ethnic identity is the sum of group members' perceptions of values, symbols and common history and treats them as different groups (Smith 1991). The development of national identity is important as it helps people make their ethnic members a prominent reference group and making it an important part of the individual's overall identity. Ethnic reference group refers to Malaysian students, ethnic Chinese ethnic groups often have high consciousness of national identity, Murray students still strongly agree with citizens' sense of belonging. There is no tendency to represent the country's history in terms of the individual development of the group, but it is safe to think that Malaysia may support the government's official policy that is beneficial to them. (Liu et al, 2002) The main problem seems to be which section to decide