Ethnicity Vs. Non-Whites

The article titled "Optional Ethnicities: For Whites Only?" written by Marcy C. Waters was a fascinating read. Being a student who studies sociology, I try always try to analyze the differences between categories of people like race, but I have never thought about symbolic ethnicity. Also, I never thought about the idea of being able to turn off and on your cultural backgrounds. In all, Waters brought new ideas to the table. I assume since I am White, I have never had to give it much thought. So, when people do ask me about my heritage, I tell them that I am German, Irish and American Indian. Now, when saying this to people, I do get excited because it makes me feel unique and interesting to others. After reading the article, I can see how

Although the topic of the certain short stories and poems have different themes and comprehension of what corresponding works that might have similar or different topics, will tell a person what racial background and ethnicities are represented in the short story “Country Lovers” and the poem “What It’s like to be a Black Girl”. Finding out whether the characters are the same, if the setting is different between the two, if the theme told outright or did one have to “think outside of the box” to determine its meaning will lead to what content the two have. If one literary work is a ballad or a play, if one is longer or shorter than the other one, if the tone is the same between the two works,

There have been scientific findings that race is not biological. There are many things that make up a person and one-size fits all label does not always work. There is a huge difference between race and ethnicity. Every single person has a different makeup, as far as culture, ethnicity, and race. The world is changing so much, with immigration, culture, and social norms, we need to learn to change and adapt with them.

Recent statistical reports from various research groups including the United States Census Bureau and the Bureau of Statistics have indicated that within thirty years European Americans would no longer be in the majority as a percentage of the population of the United States. This news did not go down well with a significant part of the aforementioned European American population. Then, with the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States, the reaction became vitriolic, with an explosion of social unrest among the said European Americans culminating in calls to "take our country back". Simultaneously, police killings of "non-whites", especially those unarmed, skyrocketed, with gruesome "overkill" of victims using in some cases

Race is a way to categorize people with similarly perceived biological characteristics into one labeled group. However, race has no biological standing, as race highly “depends on our social location [and] on who is doing the [classification]” (Henslin, 2015, p. 266). Ethnicity averts from race in that ethnicity exemplifies the ancestry and cultural heritage in which one affiliates themselves with. A “sense of belonging may center on their nation or region of origin, distinctive foods, clothing, language, music, religion, or family names and relationships” (Henslin, 2015, p. 266). Both race and ethnicity are exceedingly interchanged with one another even though the terms have different meanings. A great example of this misinterpretation of race and ethnicity is the Jewish “race.” “Jews […] are more properly considered an ethnic group, since it is their cultural characteristics, especially their religion, that bind them together” (Henslin, 2015, p. 266-267). Despite the fact that race and ethnicity are distinctive ideas, they do come together in the way of identifying one group from another; whether it be by characteristics or cultural heritage. Race and ethnicity are also similar in that a person can identify with multiple ethnicities or races; as they may have two parents from different cultures. Albeit, race and ethnicity are related in ways, but they still

I find the idea of race a bit tricky because a I am of Mexican decent. My ancestors, according to my grandfather were Spanish so in a way I believe that makes me European white. This does not really affect my ingrouper or outgrouper communication because race is not a factor in my judgment. I do have a cultural perspective in determining certain people therefore having a greater interest in ethnicity. Again, I believe it is not a matter of race, I believe people do look at me differently at a certain degree but in a cultural point of view, ethnicity. No, race is not a way to perceive how others because there are major differences in a single race. For example, Asians tend to have similar characteristic in our western perspective but in their

Many may argue that race is a social construct and others that it is biologically real. Pigliucci and Kaplan argue in their article, on the concept of biological race and its applicability to human, race is seen as being a form of defining ethnicity or culture has been defined societally and not scientifically or philosophically “the best way of making sense of systematic variation within the human species is likely to rely on the ecotypic conception of biological races” (Pigliucci and Kaplan 2003). A group of organisms residing in a specific environment, genetically adapted to certain environments and distinguished from one another based on “many or a very few genetic differences.” Gene flow between them is common. Thus, a single population

We now focus on understanding why ‘Race, ethnicity and nativity’, (i.e., culture), and ‘Household economic characteristics’ (i.e., household as an economic agent) are the most well connected determinant nodes in the ODW network.

A central tenet of whiteness studies is a reading of history and its effects on the present, inspired by postmodernism and historicism, in which the very concept of racial superiority is said to have been socially constructed in order to justify discrimination against non-whites. Since the 19th century, some writers have argued that the phenotypical characteristics associated with specific races are without biological significance, and that race is therefore not a valid biological concept.[1] Many scientists have demonstrated that racial theories are based upon an arbitrary clustering of phenotypical categories and customs, and can overlook the problem of gradations between categories.[2] Thomas K. Nakayama and Robert L. Krizek write about

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.

Proof for a connect among race or ethnicity as well as illness is hard to research methodically the reason is that there are complexities in essential a person's racial type ,especially in the background of the growing figures of individual that are from varied race. However, a high amount of individuals from underground ethnic groups live in areas of deprivation in internal city areas that related poor housing, pollution as well as moderately great unemployment. Therefore, it is hard to recognise that the poorer health is because of deficiency or ethnicity.Neverthelss, assessing to the white figure ethnic group there is prove that there is a upper occurrence of rickets in children from Asian because of a absence of vitamin D .Therefore, maximum

Racial and ethnic groups are groups that share a common race or ethnic identity. For many people, the terms "race" and "ethnicity" are often used interchangeably, because for the majority its difference is practically non-existent. However, it is necessary to acknowledge that there is indeed a difference between those terms, a difference that must be respected and be aware of. According to Richard T. Shaefer, the author of Race and Ethnicity in the United States, "the term racial group is reserved for minorities and the corresponding majorities that are apart because of obvious physical differences" (8). In this sentence, the author is stating that there must be a common physical characteristic that would make

Discuss the similarities and differences between race and ethnicity and give and give an example of each.

Understanding race and racism can be very difficult for American citizens. This also leads to confusion when discussing current events around racial disparities and inequalities. Mainstream American general society views racism and race differently than sociologist who study these disparities and inequalities. The idea of double consciousness and ethnicity directly relate to the different ways in which different individuals understand and experience race and racism. In our current society where media is widely used, individual’s understandings of these topics becomes confusing and difficult to understand and/or comprehend. Discussing the blurry ideas of race and racism is so

I am a disadvantaged applicant because my immediate family has a low level of achievement beyond high school and feeling like I do not belong because I am underrepresented minority. As a result, my family was unable to be as involved in my academic successes because they are unfamiliar with the higher education process. Socially, familiar faces of color have been absent in the classroom.