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    relations. Nationalism and ethnicity holds a primary significance since ancient times. If we talk about human being than it would be just to say that nationalism in human nature was inborn and inherited concept‚ its initial presence is never doubted but when did it actually got transparent or was reflected is question. Well‚ the concept traces its roots in 1648 when the idea of “NATION-STATES” was emerged and various revolutions occurred in the history of the world. Ethnicity and nationalism are closely

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    Geography – Mr. Cox Name_____________________________________________ Unit Four: Ethnicity 1. Define ethnicity:_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 3. List the four ethnicities mentioned in your text and list their regional location and percentage of the U.S. population: Ethnicity Region % in U.S. 4. List two cities where African Americans

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    What do we mean by ethnicity and what are some of the most important types of ethnic identification? Discuss how a country’s transition to democracy might increase ethnic tensions in some cases and decrease it in others. According to Handelman‚ “ethnicity is a social construction with certain common qualities” (2001). What this means in my opinion is the ethnicity is identifying with a group based on what that group has similar or alike. According to that text the most identifying types of ethnicity

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    essay “The Cult of Ethnicity” the tone is persuading and calm. He argues that‚ “ Ethnic and racial conflict- far more than ideological conflict- is the explosive problem of our time” (27). The world is very diverse. Inventions like the automobile and airplane give people the option to travel around the world. Transportation plays a big role in the mixture of both old and new races. According to Schlesinger‚ “ethnicity is breaking up nations” (27). All around the world‚ ethnicity and races are breaking

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    Theoretical Perspectives of Race and Ethnicity Rebecca Spain ETH/125 April 4th‚ 2010 Melissa Terrell The three sociological theoretical perspectives of race and ethnicity are the functionalist‚ conflict‚ and labeling perspectives. The functionalist perspective is the perspective that shows how parts of society work in a structured manner to keep the survival of a society. The belief is that if a certain part does not contribute to society’s survival in an effective manner that it will

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    The impact of Ethnicity‚ Gender‚ Geographical Differences and Age on Individual Behavior The new era in business is facing with the globalization‚ and globalization brings diversity. Diversity is a very real aspect of the American’s culture. How does diversity impact individual behavior? According with Hung Ng (2005)‚ “humans exist not only as unique individuals‚ but also as members of social groups that are formed on the basis of ethnicity‚ gender‚ age‚ and so for.” These dual aspects of the human

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    purity‚ used the idea that some sex was dangerous and negative. These activists had ideas on sex that affected people of different ethnicity as well. In addition to being exclusionary‚ this movement allowed for sexual practices of people from different ethnicity to be deemed as dangerous. In her text titled “Ethnicity and Sexuality.”‚ Joanne Nagel writes that “ ethnicity and sexuality are strained‚ but not strange bedfellows. Ethnic boundaries are also sexual boundaries-erotic intersections where people

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    What race and ethnicity means to me When I hear the word “race”‚ the first thing that I think of is a person’s skin color‚ facial features and the texture of their hair. Although I am colorblind‚ I can’t help but to think of this when I hear the word race. This is due to the fact that the majority of the time when we fill out an application or any paperwork of importance the question of race is raised. I’m not sure why it matters‚ your experience and education seems more important to me. It seems

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    for the cult of ethnicity. In theory political correctness sounds like a very reasonable idea and when looked at very shallowly this remains the case. When it is more thoroughly looked at thought it dangers become more and more apparent. By creating a set of “correct” terminology and assigning each ethnic background a name that separates them from the main culture of America we run the risk of further exaggerating the potentially volatile situation created by the cult of ethnicity in the country today

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    Was Othello of African or Arabic descent? In the famous play Othello by William Shakespeare the topic of Othello’s ethnicity is a very widely discussed topic. Most people get to the‚ in my opinion‚ erroneous conclusion that Othello was of sub-Sahara African descent (black). The opposing point of view’s position is that he was of Arabic‚ or North African descent‚ which as I will attempt to explain throughout this paper is‚ in my opinion‚ correct. The main points people who believe that he was

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