1. Dr. Marquita L. Byrd Communication Studies Department San Jose State University Copyright ByMar Diversity Training dr.byrd@earthlink.net

3. 1.Race is a social construct 2.All humans have the DNA of the same woman found in the mitochondrial portion of the cell 3.Race and ethnicity overlap 4.Race most unreliable method of identifying people. 5.Racial classifications are used to divide and conquer 6.Racial designations are used by the federal government to allocate funds. 7.Racial designation depends on who the group or family say that they are, who the individual says he or she is, who the government says you are and who society says you are. 8.Ultimately the effective communicator asks people about their racial and ethnic background, not inform them of “who they are.”

4. Remember race is a social construct designed to talk about something that varies in the population. It does not actually exist.  Slavery: that history overshadows interracial and interethnic relationships even today Blacks, Amerindians, Asians, Mexicans, Pilipinos and poor whites from Ireland and Great Britain were enslaved in the United States  The dominate culture used racial categories to keep people of colour and poor whites from forming coalitions  Racial categories determine who gets what: land, jobs, education  Difference between slaves coming from the UK and people of colour in slavery is that poor whites looked like the power dominant and over generations have been able to outlive the chains while people of colour continue to be distinguishable.

5. RACEETHNICITY  Biologically determined  Transmitted by DNA  Based on anthropological, religious and political motives Hair, skin colour facial structure, etc.  Distinguishable by things that are learned  Language  Values, traditions  Worldview Race Ethnicity Overlap

6. Tonga Chinese IndoKorean All Asian/Pacific Islanders HispanicMexican Cubans Puerto Rican DominicanHonduran Each group has Black, Brown and White people

7. General guidelines used by the US Census Bureau

8. People with origins in the Sub-Sahara On the continent of Africa or 1 drop of Black blood

9. People originating on the Pacific Rim

10. People originating from any of the European countries including Great Britain, Spain, France, Germany, Italy Ethnic Whites: Europeans that maintain original cultures including Italian, Irish, Polish

11. People conquered in the New World by Spain First language Spanish Last name Spanish Does not include people from Spain Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Pilipinos, Latino, Chicano, Castilian (conquers in the New world,) Mestizos (mix of Castilian and Amerindian)

12. Americans identifying self and group by tribal affiliation or recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Cherokee, Apache, Oneida, Dakota, Comanche, etc

13. 1.Race is a social construct 2.All humans have the DNA of the same woman found in the mitochondrial portion of the cell 3.Race and ethnicity overlap 4.Race most unreliable method of identifying people. 5.Racial classifications are used to divide and conquer 6.Racial designations are used by the federal government to allocate funds. 7.Racial designation depends on who the group or family say that they are, who the individual says he or she is, who the government says you are and who society says you are. 8.Ultimately the effective communicator asks people about their racial and ethnic background, not inform them of “who they are.”