Are racial identity and cultural identity the same thing?

Question

If not, could someone please tell me what racial identity is? Thank You

Answer 1

Racial identity is often confused with ethnic identity. Ethnic identity is your ethnic make-up or heritage. For example, if your parents were Cuba and french, your ethnic identity would be Cuban/french. Racial identity is complicated because it is a socially constructed idea. Racial identity commonly goes by phenotype or skin color, some physical feature that generalizes your background. For example, a west Indian in America would have the ethnic identity of his or her country, but the racial identity of black. Such confusions between race and ethnicity have sparked conflict between a lot of groups, especially those who are west African or Caribbean but not African American.

Answer 2

Racial identity is a part of cultural identity, at least if you come from the U.S. It's a bit different in other countries. In the U.S., racial identity may be the issues that people identify with or understand that are specific to only that ethnic group.

Answer 3

Most answers consider this social categories (race and culture) as given but instead they are both socially constructed. Actually any kind of identity requires a subjective identification with the category, even though you will also be identified by others and thus entrenched to the category.
Racial categories are usually constructed by others, so you can speak about "Latinos" as if such a category where "real" but instead, it exists only to cover up for USA cultural needs. Being "black" works outside of Africa but inside you need cultural categories to identify yourself with and to distinguish yourself from others.
In short, identity in general is in part your choice and in part a classificatory category imposed by others. Racial identity will be imposed (you can appropriate it in a positive or in a negative way) and cultural identity will be construed by you and other who form part of your culture (and recognized by others as a positive or a negative kind of identity).

Answer 4

Race is a social construct- and cultural identity is very dynamic. There is a theory on the hybridity of identity- simply, an identity that is influenced by media and other cultures is hybrid and not fixed. Signs of hybridity are in music, food, and biology...

Answer 5

No it is not because racial identity is an identity which separates colors of people from the other. It is mostly related with the color of people. But cultural identity is an identity which specifes the nature of tradition of different countries. You Welcome!!

Answer 6

Racial identity = your genetic background, are you Irish, Chinese, etc..

Cultural identity = where you grew up. For example you may be a Russian genetically, but you were born in Canada, so you consider yourself a Canadian.

Answer 7

Racial is genetic cultural is customs from an area

Answer 8

No, different, you could have two black people living in the UK and the US. They would still both be black but much different mind set. Nothing bad, just how it is.

Answer 9

Not the same thing but very hard to explain.