What is Ethnicity? AP HuG
What is culture?
What is race? Identity with a group of people that share a common ancestor Based on genetics The outward genetics often effect geography – may sort out where people live, go to school, spend their time, etc. – Ex. Segregation
Ethnicity - What is it? Affiliation with a group whose racial, culture, religious, or linguistic characteristics or national origins distinguish it from a larger population within which it is found
Ethnicity – are you born with it or is it socially constructed? If you were born in Kazakhstan and were adopted by a couple in Poland – would your ethnicity be Kazak or Polish?
Ethnocentrism A tendency to evaluate other cultures against the standards of one’s own. Can divide multiethnic societies Lead to genocide
Emergent Ethnicity Newly constructed ethnicities Example Palestinians The revival of an ethnicity Fades and reemerges Ex - Welsh Resurgent Identity
Ethnic Identity can change: Times of stress for a group or country War Current Events