Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1119996 Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 2013 9 Pages PDF
Abstract

Nowadays an increasing number of people have no clear racial identities, ethnic or national but they may feel divided between different cultural traditions. They also can develop just one multicultural identity; an identity that exceeds a certain culture and they feel comfortable in different cultures. A multicultural person is someone who manages to understand multicultural realities. This multicultural identity is determined not just by the sense of belonging, but also by a new sense of SELF. The Multicultural Individuals can become “cultural mediators” who facilitate intercultural interaction. But these people can mislead the essential point with the non-significant one, feeling so fragmented or feeling the lack of authenticity. In our thesis we have undertaken two samples or models: multicultural people with “The Insert-identity; others who seem to succeed in life at the border and they can be labeled as “Constructive”. Multicultural people with “The Insert Identity” have such characteristics: a) They can feel separated between different cultural identities .b)They have difficulties in making their decisions and they are concerned by the ambiguity and feel the pressure from both groups aiming the assimilation but without result.

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