Race and Ethnicity are controversial terms that are defined and used by people in many different ways. Race can be defined as dividing people into populations or groups. Ethnicity defines as an ethnic group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage that is real or assumed of sharing cultural characteristics. Some feel they have a race while others simply feel they do not. The culture is composite and is learned through daily experience. Race and Ethnicity are socially constructed and also are real in their consequences. Bangladeshi-Americans have faced challenges to establish their culture through language, identity and independence. Bangla is the native language from the region of Bengal. Bengali
