Ethnicity and the Feeling of Social Exclusion (case study: the Arab people of Ahwaz City)

A. Navah & A. Nabavi & Kh. Heydari

Abstract
The social exclusion is one of the important concepts which relate to ethnic identity. Contrary to popular belief, the social exclusion can take various forms: some people are seen without being felt, some people are seen but nobody talks about them, and finally some forms of it are latent. The social exclusion represents economic and material dimensions and socio-cultural deprivations as well. The present research focused on the cultural and social nature of the social exclusion and the active role of ethnic groups in judging their own ethnic identity. Therefore, this article tries to warn the policy-makers about the weakening of ethnic identity as a cultural capital and focus on the necessity of the harmony among the socialization agents such as the media and family. This survey was conducted in 2015 and 384 people as a sample was drawn from the Ahwazi Arab citizens. Research findings demonstrated a significant relationship between age, gender, and education with the feeling of social exclusion. They also showed that the socialization, solidarity, and ethnic norms correlate inversely with the dependent variable. In addition, ethnic discrimination had a direct and significant relation with the social exclusion.
Keyconcepts: feeling social exclusion, ethnic identity, ethnic socialization, ethnic solidarity, ethnic norms, ethnic discrimination.

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