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Quiz 1 (descriptive)_Building a Multiracial Society

Quiz 1 (descriptive)_Building a Multiracial Society

Q During your Sorting People activity, you may have come across a profile like this: “French/German, Indian/African; identifies as Jamaican or mixed; U.S. racial classification=black.” Demonstrate that you understand the difference between “ethnicity” and “race” by discussing how both these terms might apply to this example.

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Both race and ethnicity are concepts that have been constructed socially and to suit the needs of distinction. However, while the race is attributed to the physical characteristics that group people into different categories, ethnicity is the identity with which people of various groups identify with culturally.