From Many Cultures, One Nation: Ethnicity and Nationalism in Belizean Children

Children possess national and ethnic identity, whether or not we want them to, and often that identity includes elements of their own devising.Since independence, the Belizean government has sought to promote a national Belizean identity by recognizing the cultures of its multiple ethnic groups, and including all these groups in its social studies curriculum. Thus, in Belize, ethnicity and nationa...