Minority adolescents have the additional pressure of forming an ethnic identity. In the past there have been two models for that process: pluralistic society and cultural assimilation. Today there is a third alternative, one that is a middle ground between the other two models, in which the adolescent can embrace both his or her own culture at the same time that he or she integrates into the majority culture. This model is known as __________ identity.

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Bicultural identity allows minority group members to draw from their own cultural identity while integrating themselves into the dominant culture. This suggests that an individual can live as a member of two cultures, with two cultural identities, without having to choose one over the other.

Minority Adolescents Have the Additional Pressure of Forming an Ethnic