Ethnic identity is a multifaceted concept that describes how people develop and experience a sense of belonging to their culture. Traditions, customs, and feelings about one’s heritage are also ...

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, “ethnicity” defines groups of people classified into common racial, tribal, religious, linguistic or cultural backgrounds. Yet, many students have found ...

Participating in ethnic activities can make adolescents feel good about themselves -- but only if they consider their ethnic identity central to who they are, according to a study of Chinese-American ...

Like many kids growing up in the United States, I came of age straddling two cultures: that of my family’s country of origin, and mainstream/majority American culture. There was a significant Asian ...

The relationship between language and ethnic identity has long occupied a central place in social, cultural and political thought. It is a relationship that is at once intimate and complex – uniting ...

Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: To what extent can genetic ancestry tests be ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. Children as young as 7 years old are able to detect racial and ethnic ...

More than four in 10 citizens say the government discriminates against their ethnic group.Key findings Asked whether they identify more with their ethnic group or nationality, a majority (58%) of ...

Identity politics—the artificial segmentation of Americans into antagonistic groups organized along often imagined ethnic, racial and sexual categories—is tearing America apart. President Trump can do ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This article describes the current content and components of ethnic, civil, and regional (self)identification among inhabitants of ...

Making small talk at parties is often awkward, but so is shunning my identity around new people. These days, I tell often-bemused new acquaintances that I’m Yi Chinese. I say so not in the hope that ...