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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The study included 764 students, ages 11 to 17, who were surveyed about their STEM aspirations, career outcome expectations, and ethnic-racial identity. The paper identified an indirect but powerful ...

The red flag was a call from the parents of a student she was being hired to help get into a top college. “The first thing this dad says is that the kid’s grandmother was born in Colombia, and he asks ...

The Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 69, No. 3 (JULY - SEPT., 2008), pp. 493-504 (12 pages) Ethnic politics is playing important role in the functioning of modern nation states, the world ...

"The review continues: 'This could be understandable if the writer were a complete foreigner, but not from someone who flaunts her Indian lineage.' In other words, had I no hereditary connection to ...

There are many reasons why "black-ish" deserves to succeed, and the fact that it's about an African American family at a time when broadcast TV is still way behind the diversity curve is only one of ...