what does the terms of race and ethnicity mean to you?
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My race is Caucasian.  My ethnicity is Scottish/Irish/Italian/Mohawk and Iriquois.  (a real Heinz 57!)\n\nAnyway you slice it, I am American (not Irish American, African American etc...) - that bugs the snot out of me!
1136515
but that is what they are\n\nthere are ethnic labels also
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if you are from Africa but being black doesn't necessarily follow as some whites are African too. I would then call myself black Chinese or if I were a humorist maybe chigro. anyhow the point being nationality and race are sometimes two different things.not that this applies in your case as I don't have sufficient info. also if you are African and married Chinese your children would indisputably be Afro-Chinese  racially and not just by country.so their is sometimes a fine line of difference between ethnic by country and ethnic by racial and ethnic by religion or even tribe .\nI would say i was of italian or irish hungarian descent but italians would take exception and i've never been out of the US so I just settle for American as I was born here and like the native american association although I'm officially caucasion which ignores my anscestry. mostly I really prefer the seldom used claim of earthling which includes everybody so far!\npeaceout and enjoy the life!
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Caucasian is another way of saying someone is white. If you're Indian (from India), you're not white - you're Indian. Even if you were born here you wouldn't be Caucasian. You can't change your skin color (unless you're Michael Jackson)...
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Try Wikipedia. I found the ethnicity of my last name from there.
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There are Mongoloid Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, etc.) and there are Caucasoid Asians (Persians, Arabs, Indians, etc.). Skin color has absolutely nothing to do with race. The term "white" is not meant to be taken literally. Race is more about skull size and bone structure. By definition, Caucasian ("white") people are those whose ancestry originated in not only Europe but North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia as well as much of Central Asia.
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No, the term "African American" only applies to people with black physical features who vote Democrat.\n\nFor instance, if you are only half black, like Barack Obama, but are in the Democrat Party, then you are still "African American."\n\nBut if you are fully black and a Republican, like Michael Steele, then you are an "Oreo" or an "Uncle Tom."\n\nDid that help?\n\n-Aztec276
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Latino refers loosely to any person having Latin American background and living in the U.S.  \n\nHispanic refers to persons whose ancestry hails either from Spain, the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America, or the original settlers of the traditionally Spanish-held Southwestern United States. There are those that do not like this term and find it offensive, thus they use a different label such as Latino or Puerto Rican or other such term. \n\nSpanish usually means anyone who is of Spanish heritage regardless of the country or region. \n\nSo, a person from Spain can be Spanish or Hispanic, but NOT Latino. A Puerto Rican is Hispanic or Spanish, but usually takes offense to Latino eve though they are from a Latin speaking country. \n\nI hope this helps.
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I am bi-racial...depends on how the term is being presented...for the most part...no, I am not offended
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3.6% of respondents are Asian; \n2.4% of respondents are multiracial (2 or more races). The 2000 Census was the first time survey options for multiracial Americans were provided. \n\n***"Asian refers to people having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent." It includes people who indicated their race or races as "Asian Indian", "Chinese", "Filipino", "Korean", "Japanese", "Vietnamese", or "Other Asian", or wrote in entries such as Burmese, Hmong, Pakistani, or Thai.
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It's gonna be difficult without words. Maybe you should just point at different races?
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As for women: Hispanic (Although that is not a racial term but an ethnic category. I see most as white.),Asian, particularly Koreans & Filipinas, Middle-Eastern, Ethiopian, Italian, Greek and Indian.  As for men, that's best left for the ladies to decide but, naturally, I'd say European descent. I mean what guy isn't going to say his own kind. Right? So, the short answer is Caucasian women of Latin or Mediterranean background and Asians, for my own personal taste, but all races/ethnicities have great beauty!
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The term race distinguishes a population of humans (or non-humans) from other populations. The most widely used human racial categories are based on visible traits (especially skin color and facial features), genes, and self-identification. ... scientists think common race definitions, or any race definitions pertaining to humans \nAn ethnic group is a human population whose members identify with each other, usually on the basis of a presumed common genealogy or ancestry (Smith 1986). Ethnic groups are also usually united by common cultural, behavioral, linguistic, or religious practices. In this sense, an ethnic group is also a cultural community.\n\nFrom an objective standpoint, an ethnic group is also an endogamous population, that is, members of an ethnic group procreate primarily with other members of their ethnic group, something which is measurable in terms of characteristic average genetic frequencies. These differences, however, usually do not approach the magnitude of racial difference in that the genetic differences within an ethnic group are greater than the difference between any two ethnic groups. The characteristic of endogamy is reinforced by proximity, cultural familiarity, and also social pressure (in extreme cases, by legal command) to procreate within the ethnic group.\n\nIn English usage, nationality is the legal relationship between a person and a country. Where the country only has one legal system, the law matches the common perception, but where the country is divided into separate states, different rules apply. In the common law, upon birth, every person acquires a domicile. This is the relationship between a person and a specific legal system. Hence, one might have an Australian nationality and a domicile in New South Wales, or an American nationality and a domicile in Arizona. The person remains subject to the state's jurisdiction (the lex domicilii in Conflict of Laws) for the purposes of defining status and capacity wherever he or she might travel outside the state's territory; in exchange, the individual is entitled to the state's protection, and to other rights as well. This is an aspect of the public policy of parens patriae and derives from the social contract. In the civil law systems of continental Europe, either the law of nationality (known as the lex patriae) or the law of the place of habitual residence is preferred to domicile as the test of a person's status and capacity.
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Race: Someones ancestral evolution.\n\nEthnicity: The awareness of someones ancestral evolution.\n\nRacism: Ignorance.
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Your nationality is the country you are a citizen of.\nEthnicity is what your asking about. Go back as far as your great-grandparents for an easier definition of your ethnicity, but you can go back as far as you want - it just gets more complicated. I use my great-great-grandparents.
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Physical   (time, environment, comfort, needs, physical medium) \nCultural   (ethnic, religious, and social differences) \nPerceptional  (viewing what is said from your own mindset) \nMotivational  (mental inertia) \nExperiential  (lack of similar experience) \nEmotional   (personal feelings at the moment) \nLinguistic   (different languages or vocabulary) \nNon-verbal  (non-word messages) \nCompetition  (noise, doing other things besides listening) \nWords (we assign a meaning to a word often because of culture -- note the difference in the meaning of "police" (contrast Berrien Springs versus Benton Harbor or any inner city perspective) or  "boy" (contrast white male with black male perspectives) \nContext (high / low) \nPurpose (example:  note the difference in communication between men versus women;  for men it's report-talk versus rapport-talk or information versus bonding \nMode (differences in way a message is sent).  Note the black versus white modes:  Black White \nHigh keyed \nArgument \nSpontaneous \nBoasting \nPerson Oriented  Low keyed \nDiscussion \nControlled / Self-Restrained \nUnderstanding \nTask Oriented \nBlacks perceive whites as detached, devious, impersonal, condescending, hypocritical, avoiding eye contact, and too silent Whites perceive blacks as aggressive, over-emotional, angry, confrontational, interruptive, too personal, showboating \n\nGestures  (misunderstood gestures are a major barrier see discussion on non-verbal language) \nVariations in language – accent, dialect \nSlang - jargon - colloquialism \nDifferent forms or reasons for verbal interaction \nDueling – seeing who can get the upper hand (playing the dozens) \nRepartee conversation – taking short turns rather than monologue \nRitual conversation – standard replies with little meaning to words themselves (i.e. most US greetings) \nSelf-disclosure.  The level of self-disclosure is culturally determined.  Not all cultures wish to give personal information; some want to do business without knowing the other person while others insist on full knowledge first.
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This is an confusing issue, indeed. Just because a person is from Africa does not mean that they are African American. The term African-American is specifically for blacks born in America who are from black African decent (the Negroid race). The term is not used for Caucasian or Mongoloid people from African nor for blacks who were born in Africa.