When Krystyna is with her family, she only speaks Polish and participates in the customs of the Polish community
However, when she is attending school and is hanging out with her friends, she only speaks English and becomes a "normal" American teenager. According to Phinney, how would you describe Krystyna's ethnic identity?
A) blended bicultural identity
B) alternating bicultural identity
C) assimilated identity
D) marginalized identity
B) alternating bicultural identity Krystyna has developed an alternating bicultural identity, in which two different identities are created and she switches between them depending on the social context.
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