Ethnicity

State Nation Nation – State Nationalism Empire

Ethnicity: Identity with a group of people that share distinct physical and mental traits as a product of common heredity and cultural traditions (Rubenstein) Ethnicity: affiliation with a group whose racial, cultural, religious, or linguistic characteristics or national origins distinguish it from a larger population within which it is found (Fellman)

Ethnocentrism: a tendency to evaluate other culture’s against the standards of one’s own (Fellman 179)

More Vocab Centripetal Centrifugal Balkanization Russification Yugoslavia Nationalities Soviet Union Nationalities

For the next few slides: Find the similarities and differences by region

Distribution of the B blood type allele among humans Using the B blood type for defining races, Australian Aborigines would be lumped together with most Native Americans. Some Africans would be in the same race as Europeans while others would be categorized with Asians.

Lactose Intolerance

B Blood Type Lactose Intolerance Does Race Exist?

Read Does Race Exist?

List the Races White Black Asian Native American Pacific Islander

Recognized Races by US Census White Black or African Am. Asian American Indian or Native Alaskan Asian Indian Chinese Filipino Japanese Korean Vietnamese Other Asian Native Hawaiian Guamanian or Chamorro Samoan Other Pacific Islander Other race

Other terms Hispanic – from a Spanish-speaking country Latino – from a Latin American country

Hispanic & Latinos can be of any race – for example, Many in Argentina are white Many in Mexico are Native American

B Blood Type Lactose Intolerance Does Race Exist?

Homework Part A: On the following slides, answer the questions. Slides do not need to be printed. Part B: Read assigned pages from textbook on ethnic conflicts. You will be the only person in the group which has read your assignment. Everyone will be relying on you! –South Africa – p. 228 –Ethiopia & Eritrea – p. 237 –Sudan – p. 237 –Somalia – p. 238 –Lebanon – p. 239 –South Asia – p. 240 –Sri Lanka – p. 240

1.List 2 countries each from a different continent which are mostly homogenous. 2.List 2 countries each from a different continent which are mostly heterogeneous.

3.List 2 countries which may experience ethnic tension. List one reason for your answer.

Distribution of Ethnicities in US 4.Choose 2 ethnic groups and explain the distribution of each.

1. There was no "decline to state" option allowed for "race" designation for the year 2000 Census % of the people who reported that they were "some other race" said that they were also "Hispanic or Latino" in terms of ethnicity. 3. There are 57 possible combinations of 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 races that were allowed. 93% of the people who reported more than one race, reported only two. The most common combination was "white" with some other "race.“ 4. 48% of Hispanics reported that they were "white" and 42% said they were "some other race." RACIAL AND ETHNIC CATEGORIES from 2000 US Census # OF PEOPLE % OF POP. Total U.S. population 281,421, % Race: (see note 1) --- One race 274,595, % --- White211,460, % --- Black or African American34,658, % --- American Indian & Alaska Native2,475,9560.9% --- Asian 10,242,9983.6% --- Native Hawaiian & other Pacific Islander 398, % --- Some other race (see note 2)15,359, % --- Two or more races (see note 3)6,826,2282.4% Ethnicity: (see note 4) --- Hispanic or Latino (of any race)35,305, % --- Not Hispanic or Latino246,116, % 5. Based on the Human Geography definition of race, explain fact #4.

Af-am Reflects migration to north in early 20 th century 6. List one reason for spatial distribution of African-Americans.

His-am 7. List one reason for spatial distribution of Hispanic-Americans. 8. What is the correlation of the distribution of Hispanic-Americans and the dominant religion in the area?

Asia-am 8. List two observations about the distribution of Asian-Americans. 9. Explain why Hawaii is in the 50 and above category?

Amerindian, Eskimo, & Aleut 10. Why are there so few American Indians in the eastern United States?

11.Explain, using Human Geography vocabulary, the distribution of ethnicities. 12.Explain the large African- American presence. 13.Explain the reason for the spatial distribution of the Chinese.

Forsyth County, NC/ NC White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 68.1%/72.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 27.1%/22.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8%/1.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.0%/2.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1%/0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, %/1.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 12.2%/8.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, %/65.0% Total pop 354, Add up the percentage of ethnicities in Forsyth Co. Explain your answer.

15. Explain the difference in the racial make-up of Forsyth Co. and Winston-Salem.

wsfcs Groupwsfcs %West Forsyth % Am Indian.2.2 Asian Black/Afr Am Hispanic Multiracial Natv Hawaiian.1.2 White %20Demographics.pdfhttp:// 12%20Demographics.pdf 16. Does West Forsyth reflect the racial diversity of Winston-Salem or Forsyth Co.? Defend your answer.

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Ethnic groups in US tend to cluster in cities (Rubenstein 222) Why?? –Ravenstein’s Laws Urban ethnic enclave

Race in the United States “separate but equal” doctrine – Plessy vs. Ferguson, 1896 Brown vs. BOE, Topeka KS, 1954 “white flight” – 1950’s-1960’s –Blockbusting – Real Estate Agents encourage white neighbors to sell at a lost, then re-sell higher to African-Americans desperate to escape inner-city

World Examples

The largest ethnic group as the percentage of total population. * Dark yellow: 85% and above. * Yellow: 65-84%. * Light yellow: 64% and below; * Blue: Traditional ethnic definitions do not apply. Ethnicity is replaced by color of skin. (Source: WFB. Data as of ).

Belgium Dutch-speaking Flemish French-speaking Walloons Both consider to be Belgian nationality

United Kingdom Multinational –England –Scotland –Wales –Northern Ireland Scotland and Wales have separate elected governments Each have own national soccer teams World Cup 2010 Teams

China

Sino-Tibetan Language Family (20%) Branches: Sinitic Mandarin (1075), Cantonese (71), Austro-Thai (77) Thai, Hmong Tibeto-Burman Burmese (32) Chinese languages based on 420 one syllable words with meaning infered from context and tone.

Sino-Tibetan Language Family (20%) Language Ethnicity

Ethnic Conflicts

European colonial empires in

Jigsaw South Africa – p. 228 Ethiopia & Eritrea – p. 237 Sudan – p. 237 Somalia – p. 238 Lebanon – p. 239 South Asia – p. 240 Sri Lanka – p. 240

Apartheid South Africa – 4 races –White –Black –Mixed white and black (colored) –Asian Each race had different legal status International pressure to end starting in 1970’s Apartheid laws ended in 1991

Indonesia Colonized by the Dutch and Japanese Motto means – Unity through Diversity 4 th most populous nation (largest Muslim country) Ethnic groups: Javanese 40.6%, Sundanese 15%, Madurese 3.3%, Minangkabau 2.7%, Betawi 2.4%, Bugis 2.4%,Banten 2%, Banjar 1.7%, other or unspecified 29.9% (2000 census)Ethnic groups Languages: Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects (of which the most widely spoken is Javanese)Languages Religions: Muslim 86.1%, Protestant 5.7%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 1.8%, other or unspecified 3.4% (2000 census)Religions

Secession Movements –Timor-Leste Colonized by Portugal Declared independence in 1975, then invaded by Indonesia Independent 2002 Predominantly Roman Catholic –Has encouraged other ethnicities

Indonesia Secessionist Movements Aceh Proposed state: Republic of Aceh –Militant organisation: Free Aceh Movement (the movement reached an agreement with the Indonesian government in 2005, the separatist movement is no longer exists. Riau Proposed state: Riau South Moluccas Proposed state: South Moluccas –Government-in-exile: Republik Maluku Selatan West Papua Proposed state: West Papua –Militant organisation: Free Papua Movement –Government-in-exile: West Paupan Government in exile