Mexican Immigrants

Mexican Immigrants

In the article “Ethnic Flexibility: Situational Ethnicity for the 21st Century”, the author explains how ethnicity is a situational concept that can be traced back to extensive research work by Max Gluckman and his team of students the various parts of urban Africa. Citing various examples, the study establishes how people from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds tend to use situational convenience and situational selection to develop their beliefs. It also explains how people observe the ethnic cues and behavioral traits of others in order to assign ethnicity. Key concepts of ethnic flexibility, linguistic flexibility and cross-cultural fluency are ...