Question

What is community identity? Discuss its characteristics

Answer 1

Answer:

Community that provides us the language and cultural values through which we comprehend the world. It is based on birth and belongings and never on some form of acquired qualification or accomplishment. Birth based identity is called ascriptive because this does not involve any choice on the part of the individual’s concerned. It is actually worthless and discriminating. These ascriptive identities are very hard to shake off because irrespective of our efforts to disown them, others may continue to identify us by those very markers of belonging. Such ascriptive identity is the most deterrant to self-realisation. Expanding and overlapping circles of community ties i.e. family, kinship, caste, ethnicity, language, region or religion give meaning to our world and give us sense of identity, of who we are.

Answer 2

Community identity is that identity formed by community ties known as family, kinship , caste , ethnicity, language, region or religion based ties. It gives meaning to our world and gives us a sense of identity of who we are. This is the reason people often react emotionally or even violently whenever there is a perceived threat to their community identity

Characteristics :

• Birth based identity is called ascriptive identity because this does not involve any choice on the part of individual concerns. It is actual worthless and discrinating .
• However these ascriptive identities are very hard pto shake off because irrespective of our effort to disown them.
• Such ascriptive identity is the most deterrent to self realisation.
• These are universal because everyone has a motherland , a morher tounge , a family and a faith.
• The communities distinct on the basis on nation, language, religion, caste , region etc