Human Growth and Development / Unit 10 HGD 1368 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Positive Ethnic-Racial Identity
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The idea
A positive ethnic-racial identity, feeling connected to one's community with healthy esteem, is linked to self-esteem, mental health, achievement and resilience against discrimination.
In practice
A teen who draws strength from her community after a biased remark at school.
Where people slip
Ethnoracial identity marks racial experience within an ethnicity, such as Black, White, Asian or Indigenous Latiné.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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