The Illusion of Racial Identity

Race is just a fact if you think about common sense. Humans are not all alike, white, black, yellow, and perhaps red and brown, these different kinds are race. However, recent research on the concept of "race" suggests that "race" and "race" can be understood by analogy with Foucault's recommendation for psychiatry and psychiatric disorders. "At the same time racial discrimination also exists.

Ron Mallon pointed out that there are broad or common racial norms that specify or prohibit racially identifiable behavior in "ethnic identity, ethnology and racial norms". Examples include clothing change or talking in an anticipated or unexpected way in the case of ethnic identity, and more importantly unified behavior. Maron uses racial identity as a member or as a designation of racial identity. However, this kind of reality is controversial, but it is not clear how racial identity is necessary for racial identity, even if they are reality. From a liberal point of view, it is necessary to agree to the obligations of the other members of the group before they are legitimately enforced or require reciprocity. A strong public and ethnic identity can support such a norm, but this group unity is neither obvious nor impossible in American life, as it is not supported by the essence of the group's life.

Ethnic identity is based on a common racial history view. Helms (1990) defines a racial identity as "a group or collective identity based on those who believe that they share a common ethnic heritage with a particular ethnic group" (p. 3) . Orientation of the racial group is a psychological attachment of the social category and designates ethnic groups to which people belong (Helmes). Ethnic identity is defined as cultural practices and activities of a particular ethnic group, and positive attitudes, attachments and attributions to that group (Phinney, 1995).

Several theories are proposed to describe ethnic identity models of various racial and ethnic groups. The following discusses the racial identity of blacks (Cross, 1991), Caucasian ethnic identity (Helms, 1984), and the differences in European culture and the model of ethnic identity (Sue & Sue, 1999). The theory of racial identity includes the individual acceptability and quality of people who share a common ethnic design with them (Helms, 1993a) (Slide 22). More specifically, it defines the connection or separation of people from other people who share the same ethnic heritage. Ethnic identity theory helps people consider the heterogeneity of other individuals (Activity 3.1). That is, people may share a common racial name, but they may have different opinions and attitudes about the racial names of themselves or other people. In other words, these models help to avoid the tendency to treat people as a single entity.