Race / Ethnicity: Compare and Contrast

"CHINK!!!! Yeah..that's right…look at us with those chinky eyes! Go back to where you belong!" Those words will forever ring in my ears. I was standing in line for lunch while talking to a friend while a couple of boys, fourth and fifth graders, were making fun of the only Asian girl in the school, me, a lonely kindergartener. I will never forget that moment when I realized that I was different.

Upon entering the class I was anxious, curious, and also oblivious to the ideas I would be encountering. Like other students who had not previously spent time discussing topics of race and ethnicity, I myself had nervous tendencies in assuming that such a class may not strengthen my understanding of ethnic and race relations. I realized I knew little about race or ethnicity, and even the possible similarities or differences. However, I welcomed the opportunity to further discover the possibilities of the class. My understanding of race was concentrated in a definition that could be understood as different skin colors. My limited conception of ethnicity applied to people’s origin or where they lived. It seemed as though my lack of

Paul doesn’t feel comfortable living in his hometown due to his mother's illness(from the snowball incident) and her choices of actions. His guilt from his youth, causes him to leave town, become a magician and join the carnival. Paul started feeling guilty as he grew older, when he could finally understand what happened, and he believes and from what he understands he blames his mother's illness on himself. "... it was my birth that made her like that. My father thought it was his duty to tell me, so that I could do whatever was possible to make it up to her. My birth robbed her of her sanity... I was too young for the kind of guilt my father wanted me to feel. I couldn't stand it." (Davies, p.261) Due to his father being unable to care for his mother's illness, Paul is lead to believe more into his guilt that his mother's illness is all caused by him. “Paul was not a village favourite, and the dislike so many people felt for his mother–dislike for the queer and persistently unfortunate–they attached to the unoffending son.”(Fifth Business. page 32) " I can call up in an instant what it felt like to be the child of a woman everybody jeered at and thought a dirty Joke." (Davies p.261) These two quotes lead to Paul being frowned upon in the town. Many take second guesses to talk to Paul because of the direction of Mrs. Dempster losing her

It was his anger about Luis’ death that enabled Paul to make this confession. When the cops came to arrest Arthur for being linked to the death of Luis, “[Paul] stood up straight and faced them all, like [he] had seen Luis do. ‘I saw-I heard Erik Fisher tell him to do it’”(276). The guilt inside Paul over Luis’ death quickly turned into anger when Arthur’s father tried to convince the cops that Arthur was innocent. Paul gained this courage because of the presence of the many adults and officers who were around, making sure that Erik could not get revenge on Paul. The book implied that Erik was going to jail when the officer said “You keep this young man in the house-not in the neighborhood, not in the yard-in the house. I may call or come back at any time and I expect him to be here”(276). When Paul confessed, he changed his entire life, because his parents would no longer act as if Erik were the standard that Paul had to meet. This also helped Paul prove to his parents that Erik was a terrible person deep down and not destined for greatness the way his parents thought. Paul was brave for standing up to Erik in front of his family and the police. Most importantly, Paul exposed Erik for what he really was-a cold-hearted person who didn’t deserve all the attention that he received for being a great football

In the beginning, Paul is mostly a ‘momma’s boy’, for example, on page 25, when Paul fisher’s mom introduces him to the school, she says, “We are hoping to see exactly where Paul will be going next week. He has problems

When he is reunited with his mother "[they] say very little," but when she finally asks him if it was "very bad out there" Paul lies. In trying to protect her by lying, Paul creates a separation between his mother and himself. As Paul sees it, the tragedies and horrors of war are not for the uninitiated. Sadly, the true nature of war further separates the two generations.

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.

Paul's damaged psyche could not bear to return the living-dead life that he hoped he had left behind forever, so he removed the living part with the help of a very large, very loud locomotive.

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

Today I will distinguish the difference between race and ethnicity. I will also give an example of race and an example of ethnicity. There are differences between race and ethnicity, but they can overlap sometimes.

Ethnicity is all around us in the world. It has a special mark on every person in the world because it is what makes everyone different in their own ways. Ethnicity has different topics that branch off into others. Examples of these are Nationality, Race, Diversity, and Culture. Each of these topics have an impact on every person and group of people in good and bad ways; the top major 2 being Race and Ethnicity. Ethnicity and Race is crucial to determine who a person really is and what also brings out the light to the rest of the world.

The difference between race and ethnicity is that race deals with biology aspect such ask being black or white and ethnicity pertains more to culture. When you talk about pre- encounter the best way I can explain is when you hate yourself because of society expectations or even society stereotypes. Such as a black person hating themselves because they feel that all other their fellow black people are lazy or criminals. The next stage is Encounter and that’s when people start to ask themselves why do I feel this way about my own race. Sometimes as humans we can be so focused on the negative that we tend to forget to ask ourselves why do I feel the way I do. An example might be where a a Hispanic American citizen might hate the fact that a lot

Race and ethnicity are commonly used as synonyms for each other as we encounter many diverse individuals throughout the world. Sociologist on the other hand, find very distinct understandings to how these terms, while different, hold correlation to one another. Max Weber, a founding figure of sociology, was one of the first to define race and ethnicity. He stood with the idea of essentialism which presumes "that and individual 's identity depends on fundamental and innate characteristics that are deep-seated, inherited, and unchangeable." (Pearson, pg 241) As for ethnicity, Weber described it as subjective belief in relations to a groups common descent. While sociologist today may disagree with Weber 's theory, they do apply this idea of subjectivity and have correlated it to that of not only group definitions but of our own perceptions of biological similarity.

about Paul and his mother right from the start just by how the author described

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