Contexts for Ethnic Identity of Japanese Canadians(10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION)

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In this paper I reviewed the literature in order to gain a broad understanding of the contexts for ethnic identity of Japanese Canadians guided by the premise that ethnic identity is a situational as well as a primordial phenomenon. Two main areas were reviewed - the pattern of distribution of resources in Canadian society and the particular situation in which Japanese Canadians are placed. In the distribution of material resources, individual meritocracy for mass and social closure for elites exist. In the distribution of non-material resources, cultural pluralism and ethnic status ranking exist. Overall, there exists limited but still prevailing egalitarianism in Canadian society. Japanese Canadians share many experiences with the rest of the "other" ethnic groups. There are, however, some characteristics and experiences particular to Japanese Canadians. The war-time exclusion especially affected them psychologically and speeded up assimilation of the second and subsequent generations. The mainly post-WWII third generation Japanese Canadians are thus culturally assimilated, but they are not necessarily without ethnic consciousness. It is suggested that these contexts for Japanese Canadians need to be considered in understanding the formation of their ethnic identity.
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