Fionela is a member of a minority group, but all of her role models are from the mainstream culture. Fionela has also lied to her classmates about what her parents do for a living. Recently, she asked her mother about dyeing her hair and getting contact lenses to change her eye color. According to Helms, Fionela is most likely in which stage of ethnic identity development?

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Fionela is in the pre-encounter stage of ethnic identity development, where individuals may not be conscious of their own culture and often aspire to assimilate with the dominant culture, sometimes rejecting their own racial or ethnic identity.

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