When the personal is political: Ethnic identity, ally identity, and political engagement among Indigenous people and people of color.

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-36
Author(s):  
Jillian Fish ◽  
Rafael Aguilera ◽  
Ighedosa E. Ogbeide ◽  
Darien J. Ruzzicone ◽  
Moin Syed
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
People Of Color ◽  
Ally Identity

When the Personal is Political: Ethnic Identity, Ally Identity, and Political Engagement Among Indigenous People and People of Color

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jillian Fish ◽  
Rafael Aguilera ◽  
Ighedosa E. Ogbeide ◽  
Darien J. Ruzzicone ◽  
Moin Syed
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
People Of Color ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
Identity Exploration ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Ally Identity

Objectives: During an increasingly hostile social and political climate for ethnic-racial minorities, psychologists have begun to question the extent to which Indigenous People and People of Color (IPPOC) see one another as in the same boat (Rivas-Drake & Bañales, 2018). Consequently, the present mixed-methods study examines allyship as a potential politicized collective identity and its associations with ethnic identity, personality traits, and political engagement among IPPOC. Method: The present study was conducted across two samples in August 2016 (n = 256) and 2017 (n = 305). Participants were administered a questionnaire including measures of ally identity, ethnic identity, personality traits, and quantitative and qualitative measures of political engagement. Results: EFA and CFA findings suggest a two- factor solution for ally identity (ally beliefs and behaviors). For Sample 1, findings from the path analysis suggest 1) ethnic identity exploration predicts ally beliefs and behaviors (Model 1), 2) extraversion predicts ally behaviors, while agreeableness and neuroticism predicts ally beliefs (Model 2), and 3) ally beliefs and behaviors predict awareness, while ethnic identity exploration predicts involvement in political action (Model 3), even when personality traits are considered (Model 4). For Sample 2, findings were similar with some notable variations. Thematic analysis findings suggest IPPOC are politically engaged through social media, individual actions, protests, and civic engagement. Conclusions: There is no one pathway to sociopolitical engagement, as elements of ethnic and ally identity provide different paths to sociopolitical awareness and involvement, with ethnic identity exploration being a particularly powerful mechanism for allyship and sociopolitical action.

Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and International Students: Experiences and Resolutions Beyond COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 111 (3) ◽  
pp. 384-386
Author(s):  
Hassanatu Blake ◽  
Nashira Brown ◽  
Claudia Follette ◽  
Jessica Morgan ◽  
Hairui Yu
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
People Of Color

scholarly journals Post-nationalism and Recollecting the Nigerian Civil War Memories through Hero Beer Brands Marketing in Igboland, Southeast Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Obinna U. Muoh ◽  
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Uche Uwaezuoke Okonkwo ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Political Organization ◽  
The Political ◽  
Sovereign State ◽  
War Memories ◽  
Ethnic Nationality ◽  
Nigerian Civil War

Since the failed attempt at secession from Nigeria in 1970, after a 30-month civil war, the Igbo ethnic nationality—who constituted the majority of the defunct Biafra Republic, have sought avenues to (re)create the memories of the short-lived country.In the political space, they attempted establishing Ohaneze Ndigbo—as an umbrella socio-political organization for recreating and projecting the Igbo agenda. This, to a large extent, has not achieved the desired objectives. Not surprisingly, militia groups have sprung up since 1999 when an Igbo failed to secure Presidential race ticket to agitate the actualization of the sovereign state of Biafra. These groups include Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), and recently the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). However, pop circle provided the much needed social space for Biafra nostalgic displays. In 2012, Hero Beer advert better known as O Mpa, a coined greeting style by Onitsha people for great achievers with reference to Ojukwu father figure in the Biafran struggle was launched. This study examines the nexus between beer advertorials and ethnic identity using the Igbo example. It argues that the advertorials successfully permeated into the psychology of Igbo beer drinkers, who attached ethnic connections to them and appropriated them as theirs, using the brands to recreate the memories of Biafran struggle of Independence from 1967-1970.

Activism and Identities in an East Kalimantan Dayak Organization

2007 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Schiller
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Indigenous Movements ◽  
Organizational Reform ◽  
Ongoing Process ◽  
East Kalimantan ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Way

In 1999, the East Kalimantan Dayak Association convened a watershed conference in Samarinda, Indonesia, that was attended by indigenous people from across the province. The conference, which was intended to nurture an emerging indigenous solidarity that aimed to transcend narrower loyalties, included sessions on organizational reform. This article examines the ongoing process of organizational rationalization within the association and investigates how that process comports with the evolving vision of indigenous solidarity that its leaders promote. It addresses challenges to that vision offered by constituents and others. The article also explores the role of symbols drawn from the social and natural worlds in fostering the development of an ethnic identity. The article reveals a paradox in the way that ethnicity is framed within the organization—one that invites comparison with the methods and goals of other indigenous and pan-indigenous movements.

scholarly journals ETHNIC DISPARITY IN NUTRITIONAL STATUS: EVIDENCE FROM ECUADOR’S NATIONAL SURVEY OF HEALTH, WELFARE AND AGING (SABE)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S247-S247
Author(s):  
Takashi Amano ◽  
Carlos Andres Gallegos
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Nutritional Assessment ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Public Investment ◽  
Mini Nutritional Assessment ◽  
Related Factors

Abstract Providing effective public services to improve the nutritional status among older adults is pivotal in countries experiencing population aging. Public investment and social policy in Ecuador have focused mainly on standard food-based interventions and cash transference programs. These efforts, however, may be not effective enough to reach those populations that need the most. This study aims to identify those populations that should be targeted by specific interventions. Data were drawn from Ecuador’s Survey of Health, Welfare and Aging (SABE) – 2009, a probability sample of households with at least one person who were 60 years or older in Ecuador. The final sample consisted of 5,235 people who were 60 years or older. Ethnic identity was categorized into four categories: Indigenous People, Mestizo (Mixed of Spanish and Indigenous People), Afro-Ecuadorian/Mulato, and Other. Nutritional status was measured using Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA). Ordered logistic regression analysis was utilized to assess the association between ethnic identity and nutritional status. Results revealed that the Indigenous ethnicity was significantly associated with worse nutritional status compared to Mestizo and Other even after controlling for a range of covariates including socio-economic status, health related factors, and social support. These findings suggest the existence of underlaying factors hindering the nutritional status of among indigenous older adults in Ecuador. Considering the information revealed by SABE, interventions and other strategies should be targeted and designed specifically accounting for the needs, preferences, and culture of the most vulnerable population.

scholarly journals Disrupting the Pedagogy of Hypocrisy

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 460-480
Author(s):  
Erin Hipple ◽  
Lauren Reid ◽  
Shanna Williams ◽  
Judelysse Gomez ◽  
Clare Peyton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
People Of Color ◽  
White Supremacist ◽  
Student Interactions ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Academic System

This article discusses the ways that four educators experience the impacts of white supremacy in classroom spaces. We discuss the ways we navigate the tension created when we desire to foster antiracist spaces but are required to work within an academic system that is underpinned by white supremacy. Using tenets of Griot storytelling, we describe our points of origin, provide narrative examples of student interactions, and detail the reflexive lenses through which we processed these interactions. Our narratives specifically seek to center Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) and discuss the ways that our training and education has limited our ability to support them in academic spaces. We conclude with an invitation for the reader to sit with us in this space of tension, and some reflexive questions to consider as we exist in this space together. We hope to offer this as a way to continue dismantling the internalizations of supremacy. We also offer this as an opportunity to move away from the problem-solving mentality often applied to issues of racism in favor of fostering a continued, collective healing from the wounds created for all of us by white supremacist systems.

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