My Thoughts about Race and Ethnicity Race and ethnicity is a very interesting topic to think about. The distinction between race and ethnicity is not always clear to a lot of people. To me race is your physical appearance and ethnicity is your cultural background. My race is white but my ethnicity is Irish and scottish. Although my race is white and someone who is polish might also be white our cultures are not the same. When you are asked to specify race/ethnicity on a form i think it
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CAPSTONE CHECKPOINT ETH/125 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
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do the terms race and ethnicity mean to you? To me race is the characterized word used from the color of skin‚ but needless to say that is not what means is. Race true definition is divided between species. The Haman Race and Animal Race. I always see myself correcting people when they scream out racism to a color of skin and trying to explain to them that racism is the hatred between the human or animal. I think a lot of people get the word race confused with prejudtice. Race first started
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My family has never been 100% one type of people group. We are full of diversity. From our social class to our race/ethnicity we are different. These differences have brought new traditions to the family‚ as well as “spice up” our interactions with each other at family gatherings. Even though we are different we love each other equally and are proud to be a part of the family that we are. My family does experience a difference in class‚ and these difference have adjusted over the years. For example
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How important can race and ethnicity be to a specific individual? For some it can be very important in shaping their own way of life‚ but for others‚ it can be more or less a simple title with no effect on their lifestyle. Race more often than not categorizes people in groups based on skin color‚ physical characteristics and sometimes country of origin‚ while ethnicities group people into categories based off of similar thinking through ideas like religion‚ traditions and customs. By analyzing racial
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ethnic group or ethnicity is a socially defined category of people who identify with each other based on common ancestral‚ social‚ cultural‚ or national experience. The topic of race has been a topic of increasing concern as society approaches a more tolerant state‚ however‚ not many people understand or look in to races/ethnicities other than black‚ white‚ Mexicans‚ and Chinese people. When I was born I was raised in to a Cuban race‚ automatically classifying me under the Cuban ethnicity group. To continue
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identify as a race or ethnicity other than white. Race and ethnicity are one of the main factors of change of population. According to Barnhouse-Walters Studies‚ the concentration of poor minority populations in inner-cities and the concentration of affluent White populations in the suburbs‚ is the main mechanism by which racial inequality in educational resources is reproduced. The division of races can lead to racism or racial segregation which can lead to unemployment by races. Also‚ race and ethnicity
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Essay Topic I: Ethnicity‚ Race and Culture: Austria Austria is not a big country; it’s ranked on 115th place in total area and 92nd in total population. But not so long ago the Austrian-Hungarian Empire was one of the “big players” by the end of the 19th century in Europe. That Empire has been a mixture of many different and strongly varying cultures and ethnicities‚ which remains as one of the reasons why it probably fell apart and got divided into different nations. So what is it now‚ that
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terms race and ethnicity mean to you? Race to me is a human definition of skin color and physical features. In America‚ we are so easy to classify a race just by looking at a person’s skin color and hair texture. In other countries‚ such as Brazil it is harder to tell a distinct race by skin color being that it’s a hot country. Examples of race will include; Whites‚ Blacks‚ Native Americans‚ Asian Americans‚ Chinese‚ etc. Ethnicity to me is a cultural and physical background. Ethnicity classifies
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University of Phoenix Material Concepts of Race and Ethnicity Part I: Core Concepts Define the following terms. You may use definitions from the class readings‚ or from outside sources. If your definitions are from outside sources‚ cite the source(s) using APA style with in-text citations and a reference list. |Term |Definition | |Ethnicity
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