Race And Ethnicity

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Race

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A cast collectivity of people more or less bound together by shared and selected history, ancestors, and physical features; these people are socialized to think of themselves as a distinct group, and they are regarded by others as such

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Ethnicity

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People who share, believe they share, or are belived by o thers to share a national origin; a common ancestry; a place of birth; distinctive concrete social traits (religious practives, style of dress, body adornments, or language); or socially important physical characteristics (skin color, hair texture, body structure).

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Systems of racial and ethnic classification

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A systematic process that divides people into racial or ethnic categories that are implicitly or explicitly ranked on a scale of social worth

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Chance

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Something not subject to human will, choice, or effort; it helps determine a person's racial and ethnic classification

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Chance Example

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We do not choose our biological parents, nor can we control the physical characteristics we inherit from them