Analysis Against Theoretical Frameworks
We All Live in a Beautiful World... | Becoming the Golden Hibiscus
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Ethnic Identity Development: Minority in Majority Society
| STAGE | SILVER | EBONI | JADE |
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Pre-encounter (Cross, 1992) |
They probably never saw a Black girl before I went to school there. ('89) |
I knew then that things were going to be different.('89) |
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Encounter (Cross, 1992) |
He called me Blackie. I was like grinding his face into the pavement. ('89) |
Too bad, loser. ('89) |
They called me a Paki. I called them Honkies. ('89) |
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Conformity (Cross, 1992) |
I washed alot of it out so they wouldn't feel it uncomfortable. ('89) |
I bake pies. West Indians don't. ('97) |
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Dissonance (Louden, 1981) |
How many visably different people really make it? ('97) |
I am not dry. I have a spice for life. ('89) |
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Appreciation (Herring, 1995) |
I was wrapped in the mantle of my ethenicity. ('97) |
I am woman. I am incredble. I am Black. ('97) |
Reaching back to anchor myself in my heritage. Everyone keeps a bit of the motherland inside. ('97) |
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Synergetic articulation (Cross, 1992) |
I cannot let my fear of my difference stop me from righting a wrong when I see it. ('97) |
My ranch style dream house is on 10 acres of land. It has an enclosed greenhouse with a mango tree. We'll plant grain. ('97) |
I am cafe' au lait; a woman of color; an ethnic rainbow. What you think makes a difference. ('97) |
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Internilization & application (Cross, 1992) |
The rest of the world sees me as Black. I have to act in a certain way to represent the culture that I am. ('97) |
I am woman. I am incredble. I am Black. ('97) |
I will not forget where I came from. I don't think being a woman of color brings me down a notch. ('97) |