ethnicity民族特性

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1、ETHNICITY民族特性网络英语资源人们常说美国是个大熔炉，能熔化移民到美国的各个种族和民族。据本文作者介绍，英国简直也是一个种族和民族的熔炉，现在的新生儿，每五个中至少有一个是黑人和白人的混血儿(俗称chocolatebaby"巧克力宝宝")。种族主义并未销声匿迹，而是随着经济形势的好坏时起时落。作者预计50年后英国少数民族的特性大部分将会丧失。作为一个"对自己的文化根源深感自豪的民族社区"，英国华人能保持自己的民族身份吗？，51TestIfinditeasiesttolookforwardsbylookingback,tothe"GreatLabourMigr

2、ation"1of1948-55,seenatthetimeasamatterof2blackguestscomingtoawhitehost.It'saquasi-imperial3perceptionthat4hasshiftedsincethe1970s,butthesocialproblemsanddeficienciesitengendereddog5usstill.，51TestIt'shighlyquestionablewhetherBritainisanopensocietyevennow.Against6theupwardtrendinthe198

3、0sofethnicminoritiesbreakingintotheprofessionsandthemediamustbesetobjectiveevidenceofaveryracistsociety7.SincetheStephenLawrenceaffair8thegovernmenthasatleastbeentalkingabouttheexistenceofracism,butit'salwaysthecasethatracismdiminishesintimesofprosperity.Whentheeconomicgoinggetstough9,

4、peoplewantsomeonetotaketheirfeelingsouton10.，51TestThesociallandscape11seemstomeatasurrealcrossroads.Britainfostersimagesofitselfashomogeneous12?tobewhiteisnolongerthecentraldefiningfeature?butthereremainvariouskindsof"Britishness".SoIcanenvisagethefutureintwoverydifferentways.，51TestT

5、hefirstisbroadlythewayBritainisatthemoment:amosaicofcommunities13?Bangladeshi,Afro-Caribbean,ChineseorJewishholdingfasttoastrongsocialidentity,butlumberedalsowith14awholeraftof15benefitsanddisadvantages,mostofthemdefinedineconomicterms16.It'spossiblethatwillstillbethepatternin50yearsti

6、me,butnotverylikely.，51TestInstead17,Iexpecttheolddualityofa"hostcommunity"and"immigrants"whosebadluckitistobeexcludedanddisadvantagedtohavevanished18.Someethniccommunitiesmaymakeapointof19survival,butonlythosewhoaremostproudoftheirculturalroots.，51TestThealternative20isapick-and-mixso

7、ciallandscape.Atthemomentethnicminoritiesaremovingindifferentdirectionsatdifferentrates,withpersonalandsocialengagementacrossethnicboundariesincreasingallthetime.Onecrudeindicatoristhelevelofmixed-racemarriage:oneinfiveBangladeshiandPakistanimenborninBritainnowhasawhitewife,andoneinf