Ethnic, Multi-Ethnic, and Nationalist Identity in Belize: Voices of Belizean Children |
Ethnic, Multi-Ethnic, and Nationalist Identity in Belize: Voices of Belizean Children
Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education
Volume 3, Number 1 (Spring 2001)
Theme: International Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity
Sarah Woodbury Haug
This paper discusses ethnicity and nationalism in children in the rural community of Punta Gorda, Belize. Ethnicity and nationalism are important aspects of identity in Belize because of a deliberate government policy to teach about these identities in the schools. My purpose in this paper is to contrast what is taught in schools about ethnicity and nationalism with how children describe their own identities.
Table of Contents
- The Government’s Plan
- Methodology
- Ethnicity in Punta Gorda
- Working in the Schools
- Voices of Ethnically Mixed Children
- Conclusion
- Endnotes
- References
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