Overall, I do not really think my ideas regarding race and ethnicity have changed much after reading the material presented in this module. For some time, the concept of race and ethnicity have always been a bit murky to me – more so race than ethnicity – because I have never felt like I truly fit into any single one of the five government defined racial categories (i.e. White, Black, Asian, American Indian, Pacific Islander). Being a Hispanic woman and coming from a large Hispanic family, I was raised to think only in terms of our culture; therefore, the lines for race and ethnicity were more of a blur to me – meaning that they were simply one in the same (What race am I: Hispanic; What is my ethnicity: Hispanic). That being said, the material
