Understand about the Race, Ethnicity and Culture

Introduction

In this blog I have discussed about the terms race, racism, ethnicity and culture in brief. As humans we all are have to together with peace. We have to help each other in certain times. Therefore we must live with a good understanding. For that we should have a good idea about others social environment. A human have a particular race and a culture. These race and culture can be vary from human-to-human. If we are living together as good people we have to understand each other’s beliefs. We cannot think that our race or culture is better than others. As humans we should respect each other’s religion, race, and culture. If you are a racist, you must work in a good understandable and reasonable manner.

RACE & ETHNICITY

A race is a grouping of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into classes typically viewed as distinct by society. The term was first used to confer with speakers of a standard language and then to denote national affiliations. Modern science regards race as a social construct, an identity that is assigned based on rules created by society.

An ethnicity may be a grouping that shares a standard and distinctive culture, religion, or language. It also refers to a person’s ethnic traits, background, allegiance, or association. Ethnicity, however, is usually used in reference to a person’s cultural markers, not their physical appearance.



The Difference Between Race and Ethnicity

“Race” is usually related to biology and connected with physical characteristics like skin color or hair texture. “Ethnicity” is linked with cultural expression and identification. However, both are social constructs used to categorize and characterize apparently distinct populations.

Race and ethnicity can overlap. For example, a Japanese-American would probably consider herself a member of the Japanese or Asian race, but, if she doesn't engage in any practices or customs of her ancestors, she might not identify with the ethnicity, instead considering herself an American.

Another example for this is, when Italian, Irish, and Eastern European immigrants began arriving in the United States, they weren't considered part of the White race. This widely accepted view led to restrictions of immigration policies and on the entrance of “non-White” immigrants.

We can see the difference between “race” and “ethnicity” as follows,

  • Ethnicity can be displayed or hidden, while race generally cannot be.
  • Ethnicity can be adopted, ignored, or broadened, while racial characteristics cannot.
  • Ethnicity has subcategories, while races no longer do.
  • Both have been used to subjugate or persecute people.
  • Some sociologists believe that racial divisions are based more on sociological concepts than biological principles.

Genetics and Race

Neither race nor ethnicity is detectable within the human genome. Humans do have genetic variations, some of which were once related to ancestry from different elements of the world. However those variations cannot be tracked to distinct biological categories. Genetic tests cannot be used to verify or determine race or ethnicity, although the tests themselves are related to an increased belief in racial differences.

RACISM

Racism, also known as "racialism", the belief that humans may be divided into separate and exclusive biological entities known as “races”; that there is a causal link between inherited physical traits and traits of personality, intellect, morality, and different cultural and behavioral features; which some races are innately superior to others.

And these are some types that racism can be look like,

  • Casual Racism: This is an intentional or unintentional offensive message that targets a person based entirely on their being a member of a minority group.
  • Direct Racism: This type of racism is conscious and intentional. As an example, someone writing a negative Instagram post about a particular ethnic group.
  • Systemic Racism: This type of racism occurs when organizations in our society such as the government, media companies, police, hospitals and schools discriminate against certain groups of people.

CULTURE

An understanding of culture needs an understanding not only of language differences, however also differences in knowledge, perceptions, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. Culture typically refers to patterns of human activity and therefore the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance.

Culture can be defined as all the ways of life together with arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down from generation to generation. Culture has been known as "the way of life for an entire society." As such, it includes codes of manners, dress, language, religion, rituals, and art. Norms of behavior, such as law and morality, and systems of belief.


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Written by : Himauv Atthanayake


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