The Armenian Genocide and its Effects on Ethnic Identity

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The Armenian Genocide and its Effects on Ethnic Identity

Denis Joseph Caron II

University of California, Santa Cruz

The Armenian Genocide and its Effects on Ethnic Identity

In a study of ethnic identity, the psychological relationship of ethnic and racial minority groups plays a very important role in establishing one’s identity, yet it is such

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There are select areas where Armenians live. There is a little Armenia next in Hollywood, and the city if Glendale, where Ana lives is primarily Armenian. Pretty much every where else in the states its the same thing. Most cultures have those, but they are often spread around too, for Armenians they generally are not. Ana is Armenian, shes like 2 generation i believe... her grandparents can mother came here around the same time i believe. But i dont think her mom was from Armenia, i think her grandparents moved to another place then came later after the genocide. Before i met her friend Alek in Santa Cruz i didnt even know what an Armenian was, he told me a bit about it, and from there i started asking him questions, but he didnt like answering them. (im like that i always ask questions about peoples culture, id rather know then be another ignorant american white kid). Anyway, thats how Ana and i connected. I met her at a party in Santa Cruz, cos of Alek, and got to talking with her about it, i told her Alek never explained it to me, and she was happy to tell me. Then she came back to so cal and i kept in touch with her.

i love culture alot. so i always want to learn about it more, expecially i meet some one of that culture, then i ask 2000 questions. ITs nice, cos then the next time you meet someone like that you have a connect. For instance, Danny is mexican, so he tells me stories about growing up in a mexican family. Then the otherday when i was working with seb, his friend was tehre, and said to seb that he disrepected is mother. So i asked if he was mexican and he said yes, and then i asked what seb did, and based of of mexican families i know, i explained to seb how it was disrespectful. That kid wouldnt stop talking to me after that, he was so interested in the fact that i knew stuff about being mexican, and respected it.