ETHNIC IDENTITY > sameness of the self with others, that is, to a consciousness of sharing certain characteristics (e.g., language, culture, etc.) within a group. > This identity makes a human being a person and an acting individual. > Peacock believes that the individual is neither a robot nor an entirely independent self-willed little god but is a cultural individual- existing in freedom but also embodying that cultural mold in which he/she is cast in his/her particular society and historical epoch.