Difference Between Ethnicity And Race

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The topic of discussion in the chapter is Race and Ethnicity. The chapter begins by stating the difference between race and ethnicity. According to the text race is seen as physical characteristics and ethnicity primarily in social & cultural forms of identification and self-identification. Then goes on to discuss the types of racisms, approaches towards racism, models and arguments. I believe that racism does still exist even in today's world, recently more and more racial issues have been making headlines in articles and has become the most talked about topic on social media. I view racism as ridiculous, it frustrates and confuses me as to why some people think it is acceptable to criticize and judge a person based only by the color of their

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