A young person from Southern California has four German grandparents. She lived in Los Angeles all her life before accepting a job in Milwaukee. She has never really thought about her German heritage. In Milwaukee, she discovers many other people with similar ancestries and begins using her ethnicity as a way to develop social and professional relationships. Of what is this an example?

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This is an example of situational ethnicity, as the young person only became aware of her German heritage and began using it for social and professional connections once she moved to Milwaukee and found a community of people with similar backgrounds.

A Young Person from Southern California Has Four German Grandparents