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Race & Ethnicity: Crash Course Sociology #34
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List three interesting facts from the videos.
1. When people in a given region have commonalities regarding their customs, genealogy,
religion, history, community, art, social treatment, or nation, they are said to belong to the
same ethnic group.
2. An individual's ethnicity reflects how they express their own unique culture.
3. In society, minorities occupy a subordinate position and are less likely to have access to
parts of influence.
What was the most interesting and why?
One significant distinction between racial classification and ethnic identification is that the
former is typically employed for social and political purposes. At the same time, the latter is
more generally utilized to determine cultural allegiance. This is because racial characteristics are
objectively measurable, whereas cultural ones are not. It is possible, for instance, for someone to
be of the Caucasian race yet Hispanic ethnicity. Both race and ethnicity are physical
characteristics, but ethnicity also considers a person's family history and cultural upbringing.
This is because racial characteristics concern the body, whereas ethnic features are more
concerned with the mind and spirit.
Make a connection between the information in the videos and one of the following:
Society uses racial and ethnic classifications differently. Social and political organizations
categorize people by race. Ethnicity is used to identify members of a given culture. Despite being

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SUMMARY 1 Race & Ethnicity: Crash Course Sociology #34 Student Institution Affiliation Professor Date SUMMARY 2 Summary List three interesting facts from the videos. 1. When people in a given region have commonalities regarding their customs, genealogy, religion, history, community, art, social treatment, or nation, they are said to belong to the same ethnic group. 2. An individual's ethnicity reflects how they express their own unique culture. 3. In society, minorities occupy a subordinate position and are less likely to have access to parts of influence. What was the most interesting and why? One significant distinction between racial classification and ethnic identification is that the former is typically employed for social and political purposes. At the same time, the latter is more generally utilized to determine cultural allegiance. This is because racial characterist ...
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