On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 5:56 AM, ss <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday 17 Jan 2011 1:24:25 pm Kiran K Karthikeyan wrote: >> Are we the only country with multiple identities? > Could you name a few countries with multiple identities for comparison? Other > tan the USA that is.
Fiji has people that identify themselves as Indians or "Native Fijians". When you dig deeper, these identities morph into North Indian versus South Indian and Melanesian versus Polynesian. The "Native Fijians" further sub-divide into groups based on which islands they are are from and the Indians further sub-divide based on caste. In Spain you have the Basque, the Catalan, the Valencian, etc. Often, these identities parallel Left v. Right political leanings. In Kenya people identify themselves as white, black or brown. Or as Bantu or Nilotic. Or as Kikuyu or Kamba or Luo or Gisii, etc. Or as a pastoralist or a agriculturalist. Or (increasingly) as a city-dweller or a village-dweller. There are many others I could list. Thaths -- Marge: Quick, somebody perform CPR! Homer: Umm (singing) I see a bad moon rising. Marge: That's CCR! Homer: Looks like we're in for nasty weather. Sudhakar Chandra Slacker Without Borders
