TY  - JOUR
A1  - Juang, Linda P.
A1  - Moffitt, Ursula Elinor
A1  - Schachner, Maja
A1  - Pevec-Zimmer, Sharleen
T1  - Understanding ethnic-racial identity in a context where "race" is taboo
T2  - Identity : an international journal of theory and research ; the journal of the Society for Research on Identity Formation
N2  - Ethnic-racial identity (ERI) is an important aspect of youth development and has been well-studied for the last several decades. One issue less discussed is how the construct of ERI translates across different countries and cultures. The purpose of our paper is to describe the sociohistorical context of Germany and implications for the study of ethnic-racial identity in Europe. We discuss the German adaption of the Identity Project, an 8-week school-based ethnic-racial identity exploration intervention developed in the United States. We use this as a concrete example of how we thought through the focal construct of ERI to figure out how and whether it is a salient social identity category for youth in Germany where, in response to the history of racially motivated genocide, discussions of "race" are taboo. Digging into the ways ERI may not be directly transferable to different contexts can help us understand its nature as a socially constructed identity with real-life implications. Our hope with this paper is to further discussion, question our conceptualizations, and acknowledge how a detailed understanding of sociohistorical contexts is needed for the study of ERI.
KW  - Ethnic-racial identity
KW  - race
KW  - Germany
KW  - intervention
Y1  - 2021
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/63214
SN  - 1528-3488
SN  - 1532-706X
VL  - 21
IS  - 3
SP  - 185
EP  - 199
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Philadelphia, PA
ER  -