Scope Of Cultural Identity

Scope and Rationale:
In this study I am going to analyse how the cultural identity has had an impact on how people perceive us. Our cultural identity comprises of both our nationality and our ethnicity. The idea of nationality refers to our tradition, religion and cultural background. Patriotism being the most powerful emotive emotion, any community can form. Hence I feel the study of our cultural identity would give me a better idea of myself.

Introduction: Cultural identity is often defined as the identity of a group, a culture or an individual influenced by ones belonging to a group or culture.
Our culture is a regulator of our identity but sometimes there are cultures within cultures, which are termed to a ethnicity. The term”race”

Values and norms frequently develop in different ways for different social classes, such that the culture of an upper class male or female will appear very different to that of a working class male or female. People of colour are likely to be more aware of a racial identity and associate inferior traits with skin colour. Racial categorization is prevalent especially among people who live in a “multiracial” society. When given a list of racial categories, most people can identify their own racial group and those of others (Monte pare & Opeyo, 2002). This perception of racial disparity can lead to socially constructed stereotypes and prejudice to influence interracial

Simple and down to earth
2. Educated, well read
3. Sincere, dedicated
4. Adherent to rules and morals better than in north

Negatives:
1. Tad oversmart.
2. Fanatic, staunch and rigid regd. their religion and culture.
3. Collude when they find their fellow state-mates and talk in incomprehensible language.
4. Overrate themselves on some fronts like say music (they are good, but they think everyone else is not)

Hence , this creates a discrimination towards a certain culture.

Thus in my point of view Cultural identity create a sense of individual but we should not read the book by its cover.

Possible Scenarios :
SECENARIOS I: PERCEPTION THAT LEADS TO STEREOTYPING AND DISCRMINATION
The cognitive component in our perceptions of group members is the stereotype—the positive or negative beliefs that we hold about the characteristics of social group. We may decide that “French people are romantic,” that “old people are incompetent,” or that “college professors are absent minded.” And we may use those beliefs to guide our actions toward people from those groups. In addition to our stereotypes, we may also develop prejudice—an unjustifiable negative attitude toward an outgroup or toward the members of that outgroup. Prejudice can take the form of disliking, anger, fear, disgust, discomfort, and even hatred—the kind of affective states that can lead to behavior such as the gay bashing you just read about. Our stereotypes and our prejudices are problematic because