Wendy Lewis 1

Choose at least four of the identities discussed in chapter 4 of the textbook. What is the label that describes you in each of these identities? How does having that set of labels affect you in your communication with others?

KEY WORDS 

age identity              gender identity                       personal identity

ascription                  global nomads                         prejudice

avowal                        hyphenated Americans      racial identity

class identity           identity                                        regional identity

core symbols           individualized identity        religious identity

cultural brokers     interpellation                           spiritual identity

discrimination         majority identity                    sterotypes

ethnic identity         minority identity

familial identity       national identity