Reactive ethnicity is the phenomenon where actions intended to limit or ban a practice cause people to continue the practice in protest.[1][2][3] Jeffery Reitz has used this term to explain why the French restrictions on traditional Islamic veils are provoking even unveiled Muslim women to wear Islamic veils.[3]
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Herda, Daniel (July 3, 2018). "Reactive Ethnicity and Anticipated Discrimination among American Muslims in Southeastern Michigan". Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. 38 (3): 372–391. doi:10.1080/13602004.2018.1524136. ISSN1360-2004. S2CID150306874.
Portes, Alejandro, and Bryan Lagae. "Immigration, social change, and reactive ethnicity in the second generation." US Latinization: Education and the New Latino South (2017): 251–271. ISBN9781438464992.