(Stream) Quibinar #23 - The Importance Of Language

Identity = Personality

• “Defining Cultural Identity.” Dr. Diop defines the cultural identity of a people as being

• The Collective Personality of that People..

• A people’s cultural identity is demonstrated by the Personality of that group of people, when looked at Collectively.

Individual Cultural Identity

• Individual Cultural Identity is a function of the cultural common sense of a person’s nation.

• An individual may not claim to belong to a group of people, but that is usually a result of ignorance, brainwashing, inferiority complex or all three combined, but does not make that person different from the group.

3 Factors of Cultural Identity

Dr. Diop breaks down cultural identity into three factors.

• Historical

• Linguistical

• Psychological