Race and Ethnicity

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Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................2
Difference between race and ethnicity...............................................................................................2
Race as biological and social construct..............................................................................................4
Inequalities among ethnic groups......................................................................................................6
Sociological explanations..................................................................................................................7
References...........................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
The definition of ethnicity and race is associated with the biological and sociological aspects
respectively. Race denotes to an individual's physical characteristics, like bone construction
and, eye color and hairs or skin, example; brown, black and white skin. Ethnicity, on the
other hand, refers to the cultural aspects, comprising nationality, regional culture, language,
and ancestry. Example: French or Spanish ancestry or another language (Brubaker, 2009).
Difference between race and ethnicity
Definition
The word race refers to the notion of dividing individuals into different propulsions or groups
depends on many sets of bodily features results from the genetic ancestry. Ethnicity or an
ethnic group is the population groups whose associates’ identity with one another on the basis
of general mutual cultures and nationality (Graham, Taylor, and Ho, 2009).
Significance
The race supposes shared the biological or hereditary traits, whether the actual or asserted. In
the initial nineteenth century, racial dissimilarities were attributed significance in regions of
health, personality, and intelligence. However, there is no indications validating their notions.
Ethnicity signifies mutual cultural traits and mutual group history. Certain ethnic groups also
share some linguistic or spiritual traits; however, others share the general group history but
not a shared language or faith (Flores, and Park, 2013).
Genealogy
Racial classes result from a common genealogy because of geographical separation. In the
contemporary world, this separation has been wrecked down and racial communities have

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mixed. Ethnicity is distinct in terms of communal genealogy, whether definite or presumed.
Characteristically, if individuals believe they derive from a specific group, and they desire to
be linked with that assembly, then they are in point associates of that assembly (Ladson-
Billings, 2010).
Distinguishing Factors
Races are expected to be renowned by skin color, type of facial, etc. Though, the scientific
source of racial differences is very feeble. Scientific readings demonstrate that racial
hereditary differences are feeble except in color of skin. Ethnic communities differentiate
themselves inversely from one-time era to another. The characteristically seek to explain
themselves but also are distinct by typecasts of leading groups (Putnam-Hornstein, Needell,
King, and Johnson-Motoyama, 2013.
Nationalism
In the nineteenth century, the perception of nationalism was frequently used to explain the
supremacy of one race above another inside a precise nation. In the nineteenth century, there
was the growth of the governing ideology of cultural nationalism; making nations based on
supposed common ethnic beginnings (for example; Germany, Italy, and Sweden) (Brubaker,
2009).
Legal System
In the previous periods of the 20th century, the lawful scheme, as well as the authorized
ideology, highlighted racial equality. In the last periods of the twentieth century, in the U.S.
and in major countries, the lawful structure, as well as the authorized ideology, banned
ethnic-based discernment (Bolin, and Kurtz, 2018).
Conflicts