Ethnicity And Race Chapter Summary

Race is genetically mixed, socially filtered, and an inextricable subject of change. That’s why most Latinos prefer to identify themselves according to their country of origin. They are in some sense executing the strong national identity they are taught in school. The problem comes when they are asked if they are Hispanic or Latino, which is the current format that the Census Bureau uses to ask people about their “ethnicity”. With only linguistic connotations, this two words cannot define the whole Latino community. So, how can we better define their ethnicity?

Race and ethnicity are the occasionally have been used interchangeably. Race is described as a person’s physical appearance such as skin color, eye color, hair and many other biological traits and characteristics. Race mainly refers to the differences in skin color in the contemporary world. When we say that person is fair skinned or is black we are referring to the race of that person. Ethnicity is the cultural aspect of a an individual or a group such as the nationality of the person, the language they use to communicate, their descendants , the particular region they inhabit for example American, African, African Americans, etc. In a nutshell race is an overview of how you look and ethnicity is the social and cultural aspect of grouping you are born into.

The “AAA Statement on Race” explains “...that human populations are not unambiguous, clearly demarcated, biologically distinct groups.” Our population is a melting pot of skin colors, hair textures, and facial features, yet these distinctions seem to separate us in the wrong way. These groups can give us vital medical information, such as races that are prone to heart disease, but we instead manipulate these groups to create deficient stereotypes. (Boyd and Silk: 388) Moreover, a certain number of races does not exist because every human is unique, therefore these stereotypes are just fabricated from our culture. There is more difference within groups than between groups. (Boyd and Silk: 389) Accordingly, this diversity should be respected instead of putting people against each other. “The differences between races are due to biological heritage.” (Boyd and Silk: 388) Just because we are similar in race does not mean we are the same type of people and fall into the same stereotypes. If there is more diversity within groups, dividing race into three or four groups is not accurate

The only racial group that the United States Census calculates and measured as in individual group is the Latino/Hispanic culture. According to the U.S. Census, a Latino/Hispanic individual can be of several nationalities. When we talk about cultural class, we must realize there are a lot of variables that may contribute to the racial group that can stump some individuals on what is deemed to be a Hispanic individual or something distinctive. Around the time period of the twentieth century the census gave the authorization to classify the Hispanic culture within the United States Census. The terminology of Latino/Hispanic has produced a lot of misunderstanding throughout society. In the Forties, our current President Theodore Roosevelt made a contract in which we had made agreements with Mexico. In spite of this, when three migrants were not permitted residency because they were not Caucasian, the president avoided the bylaw and calculated Hispanics and Mexicans as Caucasians, in so doing permitting access and residency to the United States. In the year 2000, Hispanic was thought to be several races. Some of the Hispanic cultures or Subcultures that fall into this category are the Cuban's, Puerto Rican's, central and South American's, Dominican,

In conclusion, Latino or Hispanic is a word that put people into a group, but the words mean the same thing. As the people of these groups have more similarities than differences, they are a proud people. In these ethnicities, there are light skinned and dark skinned people, there are religious and non-religious people, and there are good and bad people. These traits follow any and every ethnic group around the world. As common as they are to each other, they are widely different. They speak different dialects in the Spanish language. They have different reasons for coming to the Unites

I would like to discuss the issue of race and ethnicity in sports. We will also explore the bigger questions. How much does race and ethnicity matter in the sports world? Are certain races dominant in certain sports? Is there a difference in how we treat players based on race and ethnicity? Does it matter? I would like to answer some of these questions and gain a better understanding of how much of a part they play.

Richard Rodriguez's essay “Blaxicans and Other Reinvented Americans” reinforces the idea that race does not identify a person, culture is what defines a person and should be used to identify someone. Richard Rodriguez was in church listening when “[These people] were being welcomed into a new community for a reason of culture” (Rodriguez 90). Culture is being welcomed in church and other people are being nice enough to welcome a person just by their culture and traditions. Rodriguez’s considers himself Chinese because of that fact that he answered a survey with the following “I answered that I am Chinese, and that is because I live in a Chinese city and because I want to be Chinese. ”(Rodriguez 91).

The Latino/Hispanic group is the only ethnic category counted separately by the United States Census. It’s also the largest minority group today in the U.S. and has a variety of different groups. According to the U.S. Census, a Latino/Hispanic person can be black or white when considering race. Depending on the country the individual is from, it could determine if they view themselves as white, black or neither. The census category of Hispanic became official near the late 20th century. In 1933, President Roosevelt made a “good neighbor policy” meaning the U.S. would pursue a noninterventionist approach towards Latin America, no longer utilizing military force to exercise influence in the region. [(https://history.state.gov)]. When three immigrants were not approved their citizenship because they were not white, Roosevelt bypassed the law and counted Hispanics and Mexicans as white, which allowed Hispanics entry and citizenship to the United States. In the year 2000, the census made many changes to the questionnaire and added in Latino. The question read “are you Spanish/Hispanic/Latino? The diversity in the Hispanic/Latino culture can make it very confusing and unclear on what race an individual is. “Hispanics could be of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American or another Spanish culture origin.” (Publications - U.S. Census Bureau). The term Hispanic refers to those who share the Spanish culture, but that does not refer to their race. Someone who is

One movie representation of Chapter 10, Race and Ethnicity, is seen in Lee Daniel’s The Butler. The Butler was released to the public on August 16, 2013. Though the character storyline is inaccurate, the movie is based off of Eugene Allen and his experience working in the White House from the Truman era to the Reagan era.

For example, when a white person gets pregnant in American and goes to Asian to give birth, and the child grew up while following the culture norms of Asians. He or she will be considered as an Asian by the Asians, and not white. Why? because he/she follows the culture rule like having a name or piercing on the body that indicate one belongs to that particular culture. In the lecture note, many North Americans do not distinguish race from language, national origin or cultural background when describing native Americans and Hispanic populations. Furthermore, some equate native Americans and Hispanic with discrete racial categories. This is a problematic for a variety of reasons, but especially for individual who identify as Hispanic and or Native Americans are both culturally and biological diverse populations. If the racial distinction truly were natural biological categories, we would expect populations to be physically homogenous. They are not

In the United States it is not uncommon to hear the question, “What are you?” This seemingly simple question stems from the American belief that individuals can be divided into different biologically defined racial groups. However, anthropologists have long argued that U.S. racial groups are a product of American cultural constructions, meaning that racial groups are not genetically determined but only represent the way cultures (in this case Americans) classify people. For example, in the U.S individuals are classified into different races based on their heritage. However in Brazil, people are classified into a series of “tipos" based on their physical appearance. In the article “Mixed Blood”, Jeffrey Fish supports the claim that race is nothing more, but a social construct by demonstrating the cultural basis of race by comparing how races are defined in the United States and Brazil.

Angel, the term “Latino” refers to an ethnic group. Race would create tension in the Latino community as a person wants to be identified as their race but can be associated with another. In the course book, Culture, it says that in the Latino community that racial identity is an ascribed status. In the Brazilian system, there are less exclusionary ways of the social construction of race. This allows people to change their racial classification. In the Brazilian system, racial classification is based on phenotype and if it changes then racial status changes accordingly.

People are usually categorized in terms of race and/or ethnicity. Race is a term typically used to classify people according to similar and specific physical characteristics. Ethnicity is a term more broadly used that connects people according to an inherited status such as: a shared ancestry, language, history, religion, cuisine, art, clothing style, and/or physical appearance, etc.

I believe that everyone has their own perspective on identifying different race, ethnicity or gender, etc. I think it is hard for people to have exactly the same perspectives on human traits because everyone has their own opinions and thoughts. However, something I found interesting is that people who have similar thoughts seems to hang around together because they have the same beliefs. For example, at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, we can easily see that people who have same race, ethnicity, class, or religion, etc, they are always gathering together. The question of the essay is how do I identify and why? Personally, I identity people by looking at their appearance and the apparel they are wearing because it is easiest way to figure which

However understanding racial identity can get even more convoluted due to confusion regarding what the definition of race is. Take for example the image below. Looking at the options for race, one would naturally assume that Hispanic/Latin is a race because it is included in a category with five other races. However, Hispanic and/or Latino is an ethnicity, and is not considered a race by the U.S. Government