1. Race and Ethnicity LT 9. I can differentiate between race and ethnicity. LT 10. I can examine examples of racial and ethnic tensions.

2. Race and Ethnicity ✦ Ethnicity – identity with a group of people who share the cultural traditions of a particular homeland or hearth. ✦ Race – identity with a group of people who share a biological ancestor.

3. Ethnicities and Race in the United States 2010 U.S. Census racial data ✦ White: 72 percent ✦ Black: 13 percent ✦ Asian: 5 percent ✦ Other race: 7 percent ✦ Two or more races: 3 percent Mapping the data

4. Racism ✧ Belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that biological differences produce inherent superiority of a particular race

5. Nationality vs. Nationalism ✦ Nationality – identity with a group of people who share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular country. ✦ Nationalism – loyalty and devotion to a nationality ✦ Unifying force that promotes support for the state

6. Crash Course

7. Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide- Why do ethnicities clash? ✦ Ethnicities get divided among more than one state ✦ Ethnic groups compete to dominate nationally ✦ Ethnic cleansing – process in which more powerful ethnic groups forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region. ✦ Genocide – mass killings of a group of people in an attempt to eliminate the entire group from existence.

8. ✦ With the people sitting around you, come up with a list of places where Genocide has taken place. ✦ What do you know about these events?

9. List of places Genocide has taken place Choose oa genocide. Read about it from the link above and the read the Wikipedia page of the genocide. Describe the causes behind the genocide, the individuals involved, and the effects/outcomes that have taken place in the region.