0
Ethnicity
Ethnicity is an identifier which connotes a group with a common national or cultural tradition. Some ethnicities are massive with billions of members, such as Han Chinese, and others are small clans with fewer than 100 individuals. Some countries are almost mono-ethnic, like North Korea, and others have hundreds of indigenous ethnicities, like Nigeria. Come explore the history and culture of ethnicities in this category.
2,473 Questions
Is it possible to change your ethnicity?
General Answer
Generally speaking, NO. Ethnicity generally refers to a category of people who identify with each other based on common ancestral, historical, social, cultural, culinary and national experiences. As a result, because it is impossible to change your ancestry, personal and familial history, and national history, it is nearly impossible to change your ethnicity.
Affiliation Changes
However, in cases where ethnicity is defined more by affiliation than by a particular appearance or physical attribute, a person can change their ethnic group.
The most common affiliation change that has ethnic implications is religious conversion in those cases where religious identity has become synonymous with ethnic identity. An example would be that Bosniak or Bosnian Muslim can "ethnically change" into a Croat or Bosnian Catholic, by converting to Catholicism. Or similarly if a Jew converts to any other religion (Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, etc.), he is seen to have forfeited both his Jewish religion and his ethnic claim to be a Jew. Note that in order for the affiliation to change, the person actually has to adopt a different religion and simply becoming Agnostic or Atheist is insufficient to be "ethnically converted".
Another affiliation change includes linguistic choices. This can be a way that ethnicity "changes" through the use of a different language and only works if language is the primary means of identifying between two otherwise similar ethnic groups. One example is the division between Aramean Christians or Assyrian Christians on one hand and Syrian Arab Christians on the other. The Arameans and Assyrians both speak different dialects of Neo-Aramaic, while Syrian Arab Christians speak Arabic. The language is one of the key ways that these groups differentiate between each other. If a Syrian Arab Christian were to move to an Aramean village and speak Neo-Aramaic, this person would "ethnically convert" to become an Aramean Christian. A similar case occurred during the Magyar Tribes' conquest of the Pannonian Basin (e.g. the formation of Hungary). Most of the people in the Basin were Slavs and, over the centuries, some married with the Magyar invaders, but most did not. Regardless, those Slavs who spoke Hungarian (the language of the Magyar) were considered to have "ethnically converted" to being Hungarians, while those Slavs who retained their languages, like the Yugoslavs, Czechs, and Slovaks, were considered to still be Slavs.
There is also nationalistic re-identification, which is simply that people will identify as a different ethnicity if the borders are redrawn. A perfect example of this is the development of the modern Macedonian ethnicity, which occurred in the 20th century when the government of Yugoslavia successfully controlled the westernmost portion of Bulgaria and proceeded to "de-Bulgarify" it. Now, most Macedonians no longer identify as ethnic Bulgarians, but ethnic Macedonians, even though, if you asked their ancestors 100 years ago how they identified, they would identify as Bulgarians.
How many ethnicities are there in the world and what are they?
there is only one race = human race
there are sevral different ethnicities however:
black - African American, Caribbean and African
Latino - south Americans who are a mix of native American and spanish
hispanic - this can apply to south Americans and spanish/Italian people
caucasian - white people (eastern europeans, Americans etc)
Asian - Asian covers Indians/pakistannis, and also Chinese/Korean
oriental - east asians (Chinese, thai etc)
polynesian - these are pacific islanders (hawaiians, samoans etc)
middle eastern - people from Lebanon, palestine (inc. Arabic people)
Jewish - who are arguably a mixture of caucasian and middle eastern
hapa - this new race defines anyone half Asian
mixed - anyone who has two or more ethnic origins
Note:
*in Europe Asian means south Asian(Indian) in usa Asian means east Asian (Japanese)
*some people don't like to be called oriental
*polynesians are of mongoloid decent
Why the ethnicity of an interpreter for a person is important?
The ethnicity of an interpreter is not necessarily as important as the ability of the interpreter to accurately interpret what is being communicated. An ethnic group is a social group that identies with one another so, it may be helpful if the interpreter is of the same ethnicity but it is not necessary. For example, for sign-language interpreters, ethnicity plays a little role, if any, in the ability to accurately relay the information.
What problems can result from excessive ethnocentrism the negative and positive in American culture?
war
Why do public speakers need to avoid ethnocentrism?
The need to do this in case they offend people in their audience.
Which race or ethnicity has the largest percentage of gay people?
No human race has been shown to have a higher percentage of gay people than any other race.
No human race has been shown to have a higher percentage of gay people than any other race.
What ethnic group are most Chinese related to?
Most Chinese identify themselves as being from the Han ethnic group.
Why did cities divide themselves according to ethnicity?
Immigrants clustered in groups to preserve their culture.
Why do member of the same ethnic group often live together in the same neighborhoood?
People from the same ethnic groups typically share cultural traits and values. As a result, nearly every ethnic group feels more at home with others who share those cultural traits and values than in mixed among people who do not share those core connections.
Eskimos are the same race as the East Asians (ex. Chinese, Japanese). By the strict term, meaning inhabitant of Asia, none of them are Asians, except for the Yupik. The rest are in America.
What ethnicity makes up most of Uruguay?
Uruguay is a sovereign country in South America. More than 90 percent of total population is ethnic Europeans who have migrated from European countries of Italy, Spain, France, Germany and Britain. The largest single group is ethnic Italians who are one quarter of the total population.
What ethnic group were the pilgrims?
The Pilgrims who came to America were mainly composed of English puritans and separatists and departed from Plymouth England, so their nationality was English.
What was harry Strauss ethnic origin?
Harry Strauss was Jewish, but where his family orginated from, I don't know. He was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Which ethnic group introduced Roman Catholic?
The people were the Romans. They were Caucasian.
.
Catholic AnswerRoman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is rarely used by the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church was originally all Jews, who were Caucasian.Ethnicity is your background (White,Black,Hispanic) or your family tree (English,Irish,Spanish) For example my ethnicity is white,german,english,american,irish,polish,hungrayish,and much more I have family members from almost any where in the world that is ethnicty
A. Leaders resist any action that undermines their power. C. Violence takes the place of diplomacy and peace. D. Leaders will strive to keep things as they are.
What are some examples of the difference between a ethnic group and a religious group?
Ethnic Groups:
Ethnic groups are often related by closer cultural, racial, lingual and sometimes religious ties than they have with other people. They usually have a culture and a history that they can claim alone.
An ethnic group is bound in definition to where they're from. Some ethnic groups are Arabs, Native Americans, Chinese, Scandinavians and others, they come from specific areas of the world.
Members of an ethnic group are a people of the same race or nationality who identify with each other through a common cultural heritage.
Ethnic Group - A group of people who share the same ancestry, traditions, etc
Religious Groups:
Religious groups are only bonded by having the same religion or religious beliefs, and these ties often cross over ethnic lines.
Religious groups can span ethnic groups. These are groups that follow specific religions and can belong to any of the above ethnic groups. These include Mormons, Catholics, Buddhists, Muslims and more than 100 other religions. They can come from any region of the world.
Religious Group - A group of people who share the same beliefs
What is the ethnic background of benzino?
Half white, for sure, but the other half can be black, cuban, or latino.
What is mayor frank Jackson ethnicity?
He looks black to me. Light-skinned black. A lot of the links on Google seem to strengthen that.
I dint live in Clevand though, just going by what I see on Google after learning about his flash mob ordinance veto. :(
Dominant group vs minority group?
Majority means it is major, so there's more. Minority means it's minor, meaning there's less.
Is Confucianism an ethnic religion?
No. Daoism is a universalizing religion, holding that all people could and should become Daoists. Since Daoism is less exclusivist than the Abrahamic Faiths and because most Chinese people have embraced elements of Daoism, there is no push to proselytize the religion to the same degree.
It is a Caucasian shepherd dog that originated in the country of Georgia.
What is Ann Curry's ethnicity?
This morning on TODAY, she described herself as a "fallen Catholic." I have heard her make references to believing in God, however; so she hasn't "fallen" to agnosticism or atheism.
