Is there a tighter bond between ethnic minority groups?
Humans live in social groups and these groups compose of different varieties. Those differences also form the social networks. Social networks are comprised of individuals with a variety of attributes, such as race, age, educational background, or gender. (Karimi et al., 2018). Our backgrounds are important to examine the different social settings. For example, migration. Migration has been studying for a long time [e.g., Levitt & Jaworsky (2007)], but when it comes to studying the bond between migrants, there is a different picture. Social networks do not form and develop randomly (Damian and Van Ingen, 2014). The bonds as well as the social networks between the migrants have different characteristics. The tendency to connect to similar others has been found with regard to values, attitudes, beliefs, socio-demographic characteristics (e.g., age, ethnicity) and religion, among others (Damian and Van Ingen, 2014). The similarity what makes people bond have variety and those bonds differ across ethnicities, sexes, ages, and so on.
Because of the connections between the bonds and their different characteristics, this paper will examine the principle of homophily, especially amongst ethnic minority groups. In the first part, the definition, and types of homophily will be examined. Later on, the differences on race and gender in regard to homophily will be discussed. While race and gender will be examined, the intersectionality principle in terms of being a minority and a woman will be also shown as a sub-topic. This paper will be focused on one of the types of homophily, namely values homophily.
- Quote paper
- Özden Bulutbeyaz (Author), 2023, Homophily and Ethnic Minority Groups, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.hausarbeiten.de/document/1574203
