Bridging (Identification) divides: Ethnic minority endorsement of new diversity ideologies |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Canterbury, New Zealand;2. ERCOMER, Utrecht University, the Netherlands;1. Beit Berl College, Israel;2. Beit Berl Academic College, Israel;1. Monsour Counseling and Psychological Services, The Claremont Colleges Services, Claremont, CA, United States;2. Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States;3. Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States;4. Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States;1. Department of Psychology, Selçuk University, Faculty of Letters, Selçuklu, Konya, 42250, Turkey;2. Department of Psychology, ?zmir Kâtip Çelebi University, ?zmir, Turkey;3. Department of Social Work, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | In culturally diverse societies, ethnic minorities are faced with the challenge of negotiating between their national and ethnic identification. Diversity ideologies address this challenge in different ways, by prioritizing national identification in the case of assimilation, and ethnic identification in the case of multiculturalism. However, existing research has highlighted the risks and drawbacks of both ideologies, presenting polyculturalism and interculturalism as new alternatives which construe identities as more complex, dynamic, and interconnected between groups. Given that little is known about these ideologies from the minority perspective, the present study investigated their endorsement among ethnic minorities, as well as associations with their ethnic and national identification in the USA. Results show that, in general, pro-diversity ideologies (multiculturalism, interculturalism, and polyculturalism) are all supported by ethnic minorities, in contrast to assimilation. Moreover, ethnic identification is associated with support for multiculturalism, national identification is associated with support for assimilation, and both are associated with polyculturalism. For interculturalism, associations with ethnic and national identification depend on its subcomponents, which seem to address and bring together the other three ideologies. Interculturalism may therefore be a promising way forward to minimize the risks of assimilation, multiculturalism, and polyculturalism, while also maximizing their benefits to minorities and societies at large. |
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| Keywords: | Interculturalism Multiculturalism Polyculturalism Minority perspective National identification Ethnic identification |
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