Identity cannot be freely chosen because strata, constraints, and history structure it

Evidence

The preceding example highlights the different ethnic choices available to majority and minority group members; the result, in turn, of their differing access to the civic realm of the nation-state. In short, identities are not - indeed, cannot — be freely chosen and to suggest otherwise is to adopt an ahistorical approach which reduces life to the level of “a market, or cafeteria” (Worsley, 1984:246). Rather, identity choices are structured by class, ethnic, and gender stratification, objective constraints, and historical determinations (Hicks, 1991; McLaren, 1997). Both hybridity theory and the cosmopolitan alternative — as well as conservative/liberal critiques of multiculturalisrn - fail to recognize this. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 943

Categorization

• DEFINE: Grounds the anti-voluntarist definition of ethnic identity that recurs across the vault: identities as constrained rather than cafeteria-style selections.
• XREF: Builds toward the forced-assimilation point at 946 about minority entry into the civic realm costing their own practices. — connects to: Ethnic identity cannot be freely chosen because structural constraints shape it. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 943; Identity forms only within collectivities rooted in historical circumstances — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4119; Contextual diversity alone cannot shape identity without individuals subjectively experiencing it. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 553 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Ethnic identity cannot be freely chosen because structural constraints shape it. #corroborates (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 943
• Identity forms only within collectivities rooted in historical circumstances #expands (0.85) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4119
• Identity is now a matter of choice rather than inherited absolute truth #contradicts (0.85) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 112
• Freedom and unfreedom form a double bind under identity #expands (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2558
• Contextual diversity alone cannot shape identity without individuals subjectively experiencing it. #qualifies (0.72) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 553