Tien is Vietnamese American; he identifies strongly with the larger U. S. culture and identifies weakly with this ethnic heritage, traditions, and values. In the ethnic-cultural identity typological model, Tien is practicing which of the four options?

a. Bicultural identity
b. Ethnic-oriented identity
c. Assimilated identity
d. Marginal identity

C- Assimilated Identity

Explanation:

Assimilated Identity

Weak sense of ethnic traditions and values

Strong sense for the values and norms of the larger culture

Ex. Immigrant from China came to America

So adapted to the American culture, they would see themselves as only “American” and nothing else.

Ethnic-Oriented Identity

Conclusion

strongly identifies with ethnic background

weakly linked with dominant culture

ex. only hanging out with people of the same background.

do no speak the new country's language

ethnocentric view

Bicultural Identity

Strongly identify with maintaining their ethnic traditions and values & incorporating values and practices of the larger society that they live in.

Most efficient because the individuals are comfortable with being a member in the 2 different cultural groups.

According to Nguyen and Benet-Martinez, members with high bicultural identity view themselves as “part of a hyphenated culture” (Ting-Toomey & Chung, 2005).

Ex. Chinese culture + Canadian culture

highly compatible

Low bicultural identity, they struggle with living “in between cultures” and see the cultures as vastly conflicting and separate (Ting-Toomey & Chung, 2005).

Marginal Identity State

Don't associate themselves with their ethnic traditions and they also do not identify with the larger cultural worldviews

Highly disconnected with both their ethnic group and the larger society. Because of the separation, these individuals often experience ambiguity, invisibility, and alienation (Ting-Toomey & Chung, 2005).

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