Keyshawn didn't think much about being African American until he got to high school. Then he became painfully aware of his ethni
c minority status. He still wants to do well in school and become a lawyer like his uncle, but he feels alienated when he's at school. His African American friends from middle school are not interested in academics, and Keyshawn doesn't have much in common with them anymore. His racial-ethnic identity seems to be:_________ a. assimilation
b. marginality
c. biculturalism
d. separated
Keyshawn's ethnic identity seems to be a marginality. This means that his African American origin seems to put Keyshawn in a position that makes it difficult for him to actualize his dreams. Marginality in this context means the condition or state of an individual being put on the margins of society or being excluded from achieving a goal/being prevented from access to certain aspects of society due to certain reasons such as race and ethnicity.
