Defining Race And Ethnicity
Submitted by lissa550 on July 17, 2011
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Defining Race And Ethnicity
Race to me means a person who is Native American or American Indian, Black, White, Japanese American, Chinese American, Arab American, Asian, Hawaiian, Mexican American, and Filipino. These groups are distinguished by most people through the color of their skin, facial features, and hair color or texture.
Ethnicity is which country a person’s ancestors originated from. A Polish person has ancestors who originate from Poland, a French person has ancestors who originate from France, and so on.
I think these concepts are important to American Society for several reasons. People in these different groups want to have a sense of belonging; no one wants to feel left out....
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