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Race And Ethnicity In The United States
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What information about race and ethnicity in the United States has helped you better understand or relate to specific minority groups? In the first week of class when we were asked the question in our journal entry of a subordinate group member defining race and ethnicity, what does the terms race and ethnicity mean to me. After researching that question and getting thorough meaning of race and ethnicity I was able to understand and relate to specific minority group such as African Americans because I am one. Have i learned something new about my own cultural history? Yes, of course I have learned new things for example I learned that eight to twelve million African Americans were transported to what was called

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