“Identity development is the process by which individuals acquire a sense of who they are, the moral and political beliefs they adhere to, the type of profession that they wish to practice, as well as their communities and their culture” (Lightfoot, Cole and Cole, 2012, p.573). There are many paths to identity development, but the path we will primarily focus on is ethnic identity. According to the text, ethnic identity is the extent to which one identifies as part of a particular ethnic group, including how much of one's feelings, perception and behavior is due to being member of this group. Identity formation is more complicated for minority ethnic groups than for majority ethnic groups. This is due to their differences in customs, values ​​and beliefs. Additionally, ethnic minority groups have two identities to form and unite; one based on one's own cultural background and the other “based on that of the majority group”. (Lightfoot, Cole and Cole, 2012, p.578). The text mentions the stages of the formation of ethnic identity. Many researchers label the three stages differently, but all follow the same basic content and the labels mentioned are specifically suggested by Jean Phinney (2008). The stages are: Stage 1: Unexamined Ethnic Identity, Stage 2: Search for Ethnic Identity, and Stage 3: Achievement of Ethnic Identity. In stage 1, children tend to follow and show a preference for majority cultural values. At this stage, it may also lead children to have a negative evaluation of their own ethnic group. Stage 2 refers to discrimination. A young child faced with a shocking event of humiliation due to their own cultural background will cause them to worry "intensely about the personal implications of their ethnicity and often engage in active searching middle of paper. ....n South Asian Americans and immigrants from both countries. A self-concept is mentioned, and this idea is "the 'subtle body,' and it is not primarily a psychological category although it includes something of what is considered the psyche in the West" (Ibrahim, Onishishi and Sandhu 1997; Kakar, 1991) According to Bharati (1985), he states that “the highest form of the self rises above all material conceptions to be formless, immutable and absolute. People achieve their higher-order self, the ideal, through stages of psychological development that progress from gross matter, such as the body, to the mind; from the material to the intangible; of the materially needy at the highest degree of purity” Ibrahim, Onishishi and Sandhu, 1997; Bharati, 1985). This idea shows in Rajiva's study where these girls identified themselves in relation to the racialization they encountered..