1. Chapter 7 –
Ethnicity

2. I. Introduction
A) Ethnicity – identify with a group of people who share the cultural traditions of a particular homeland or hearth
Source of pride
Connection to ancestors
Cultural connections – food, traditions
B) Race – Identity with a group of people who share a BIOLOGICAL ancestor!

3. Are these dolls created based on ethnicity or race?

4. I. Introduction (con’t)
C) Ethnicity is a constant
Language/religion
Diluted

5. II. Distribution of Ethnicities in the USA
A) Demographics
B) Regional Concentrations
Asian-Am clustered in
Hawaii and California
AA clustered in SE US
HA clustered in SW US

10. C) Concentrationof Ethnicities in Cities
1 – Early 20th Century
2 – Today – Ethnic minorities the majority
What City is this?
DETROIT!

11. WHAT CITY????

12. III. African American Migration Patterns (3 major flows)
Force Migration – Africa
1 – Always
2 – Europeans
3 – 10 million (25%)
4 – 5%
5 – triangular slave trade
6 – In the US
a) Plantations
b) Civil War
c)Sharecroppers

13. B) Immigration to the North
1 – push – mechanization
2 – pull – new jobs
What city is this?
CHICAGO!

14. What was this called???

15. C) Expansion of the Ghetto
1 – Chain Migration
2 – Overcrowded (100,000 vs. 5,000)

16. IV. Differentiating Ethnicity and Race
A) Geographers concerned with Ethnicity NOT race because
1 – huge variation
2 – rooted in “place”
3 – leads to “racism”
4 – exception to the rule – skin color

17. What Race? What Ethnicity
All speak Spanish – Dominican children

18. B) Ethnicity/Race in the US
1– US Census Bureau asks people to classify themselves according to the race with which they most closely identify. (14)

19. Which category(s) would you choose?
White
Black, African American, or Negro
American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian Indian
Chinese
Filipino
Japanese
Korean
Vietnamese
Native Hawaiian
Guamanian
Samoan
Other Pacific Islander
Other Race

20. Which category(s) would you choose?
White (75%)
Black, African American, or Negro (12%)
American Indian or Alaska Native (1%)
Asian Indian
Chinese
Filipino
Japanese
Korean
Vietnamese
Native Hawaiian
Guamanian
Samoan
Other Pacific Islander
Other Race (6%)
*Only 2% Checked
More than 1 Box –
What does that say
about ethnicity?
(4% Asian Combined)
(0.1% Combined)

21. B) Ethnicity/Race in the US
2 – “Separate But Equal” (1896 – 1950’s)
3 – “White Flight” (1960’s on )

22. C) South Africa – Another example of division by race
1) Apartheid – Definition
2) World Pressure

23. The End!