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Date Posted: 20:59:12 03/21/07 Wed
Author: Lila Kayali
Subject: Re: Ethnic Identity
In reply to: Miriam Dolin 's message, "Ethnic Identity" on 15:41:39 03/18/07 Sun

>I can relate to this because my parents are from two very different ethnicities and I've been moving back and forth from America to the Middle East since I was 12 years old. With two different languages and by encountering two different cultures and two different ways of life, I always felt like I didn't completely belong to any one culture. During adoloscence, I faced challenges with it, but as I got older, I looked at it as a positive thing because I could use what I liked and leave out what I didn't agree with from both cultures. So, I formed my own unique values that I feel happy about instead of trying to fit myself into one specific cultural group.

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[> Re: Ethnic Identity -- Kelly Folsom, 21:25:10 03/21/07 Wed

From a historical perpective I am reminded of the formation of Indian schools in US during 19th century, the goal of which was to "weed out the Indian, and leave the man." These attempts of assimilation failed dramatically since the adolescents that it produced were so confused about their identity (spiritual beliefs, occupational goals, ethnicity, etc.) that they had no place safe or comfortable to build an identity. White society did not accept them because they were easily identified as an "indian", while their tribes refused to accept them because they had no connection to the tribal customs and belief systems.

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