Your parents are from El Salvador, and you were born and raised in L.A. You're often quite confused about your ethnic and cultural identity in the U.S. culture-you don't feel very "mainstream American," or very El Salvadorian either. Your identity reflects the _______ identity type.

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The marginal identity type describes individuals who don't feel a strong sense of belonging to either their ethnic culture or the mainstream culture of the society in which they live, reflecting the described feelings of confusion and lack of belonging to either cultural identity.

Your Parents Are from El Salvador, and You Were Born