民族政策与民族认同:土家族确认过程的几点启示

Nationality Policy and Nationality Identity:Some Enlightenment from the Identification Process of Tujia Nationality

1957年初,土家族作为一个民族而得到国家确认。20世纪80年代,部分土家族人口的民族身份得以恢复。不论是作为群体还是作为个体,土家族民族身份的确认都证明了中华人民共和国民族政策的优越性。历史上受到封建统治阶级压制的民族意识和民族感性,现在能够得到合理合法的表达,是民族平等的重要表现。民族平等既不允许不同民族之间的歧视,也不允许同一民族内部不同成员之间的歧视。

Tujia People have been recognized as a Nationality by the government since early 1957.In the 1980 s, some groups of population regained their lost ethnic identities as Tujia Nationality.The identification of these people as Tujia Nationality,both as groups and as individuals, shows the superiority of policy towards nationalities in People' Republic of China. A lawful expression of the ethnic ideology and feeling suppressed under the feudal domination in the history is a demonstration of national equality, which prohibits discrimination in and among nationalities.