Discussion # 10 DUE: Wednesday, June 2 @ 11PM What is the difference between race and ethnicity? ( my race is yellow) What is YOUR race? What is YOUR ethnicity? What does your race and/or ethnicity mean to you, if anything? How can we simultaneously say that race "isnt' real" and race is "important" (how/why is it important)? HINT: the sociological perspective/definition of race that challenges the notion of biology. How does race continue to be "important" in today's cultural, political and economic landscape? What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination? repond no,1 Race refers to a combination of physical and behavioral attributes that are used to group humans into distinct categories in society. The race is often associated with biology and linked with physical characteristics like hair texture and skin color. The race is believed to reflect a biological foundation, generate distinct racial groups, and the biological foundation is inherent among generations. Members of race are believed to share a set of biological characteristics which are not visible in members of other races. This biological foundation of race manifests itself fundamentally through physical phenotypes. Ethnicity, on the other hand, refers to a categorization of people who identify with each other based on shared attributes which distinguish them from other groups.  My race is Asian and my ethnicity is Han Chinese.  My race and ethnicity mean so much to me since they play a huge role in my growth of a strong and stable sense of self. My race and ethnicity help in shaping how I see myself and help me understand how others see me. My ethnicity instills in me the idea of belonging to a certain cultural group and how I share various elements such as language, place of origin, or religion. My race and ethnicity help me to understand how I relate to certain social, historical, and geographic contexts. The identity of my race and ethnicity helps me in understanding that of others and appreciating the differences in our races and ethnicities. My race and ethnicity also help in self-exploration. There are various reasons in which the argument that 'race is not real' can be justified. For example, one cannot tell the correct race of another person by simply looking at them. Racial lines have been blurred to invisibility in an entire community in extreme cases and it is common to find people who might look one way but identify in another hence making it difficult to place them in a racial category. The race continues to be important but in a negative way in the economic landscape by being a leading source of economic inequality followed by gender. People of certain races such as Black and Latina have the highest number of less-desirable jobs, higher poverty rates, lower earnings, among others. The race is being used as a tool for discrimination in the economic sphere and is the main cause of the economic disparity among various groups of people. The race ...

1. Discussion # 10 DUE: Wednesday, June 2 @ 11PM
What is the difference between race and ethnicity? ( my race is
yellow)
What is YOUR race? What is YOUR ethnicity? What does your
race and/or ethnicity mean to you, if anything?
How can we simultaneously say that race "isnt' real" and race is
"important" (how/why is it important)? HINT: the sociological
perspective/definition of race that challenges the notion of
biology.
How does race continue to be "important" in today's cultural,
political and economic landscape?
What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
repond no,1
Race refers to a combination of physical and behavioral
attributes that are used to group humans into distinct categories
in society. The race is often associated with biology and linked
with physical characteristics like hair texture and skin color.
The race is believed to reflect a biological foundation, generate
distinct racial groups, and the biological foundation is inherent
among generations. Members of race are believed to share a set
of biological characteristics which are not visible in members of
other races. This biological foundation of race manifests itself
fundamentally through physical phenotypes. Ethnicity, on the
other hand, refers to a categorization of people who identify

2. with each other based on shared attributes which distinguish
them from other groups.
My race is Asian and my ethnicity is Han Chinese. My race and
ethnicity mean so much to me since they play a huge role in my
growth of a strong and stable sense of self. My race and
ethnicity help in shaping how I see myself and help me
understand how others see me. My ethnicity instills in me the
idea of belonging to a certain cultural group and how I share
various elements such as language, place of origin, or religion.
My race and ethnicity help me to understand how I relate to
certain social, historical, and geographic contexts. The identity
of my race and ethnicity helps me in understanding that of
others and appreciating the differences in our races and
ethnicities. My race and ethnicity also help in self-exploration.
There are various reasons in which the argument that 'race is
not real' can be justified. For example, one cannot tell the
correct race of another person by simply looking at them. Racial
lines have been blurred to invisibility in an entire community in
extreme cases and it is common to find people who might look
one way but identify in another hence making it difficult to
place them in a racial category. The race continues to be
important but in a negative way in the economic landscape by
being a leading source of economic inequality followed by
gender. People of certain races such as Black and Latina have
the highest number of less-desirable jobs, higher poverty rates,
lower earnings, among others. The race is being used as a tool
for discrimination in the economic sphere and is the main cause
of the economic disparity among various groups of people. The
race is also important in the political landscape as it plays a
huge role in political attitudes. Various racial groups depict
varying levels of support for political candidates, leaders, or
subjects, depending on their racial background.
Prejudice describes the thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and beliefs

3. that a person holds about a group. Prejudice is a prejudgment
that originates outside actual experience and is not based on
experience. Discrimination, on the other hand, refers to the
actions that are directed against a certain group of people based
on various aspects such as religion, age, race, and other
indicators. Prejudice refers to attitudes and opinions while
discrimination focuses on the actual behaviors against a group.
Race and ethnicity can be confusing at times because many
people do not understand the difference between the two. Race
is more one’s physical characteristics that categorize them into
one of roughly five or six races. For example, being Hispanic,
White, or Asain are types of races. However, these categories
are very broad and encompass many different cultures and ways
of life. When differentiating oneself through culture, tradition,
language, or religion, you refer to your ethnicity. Ethnicity is a
little more complex than race. In some ways, it is taught, passed
down through generations and not genetically inherited.
Ethnicity differentiates people within one race. Ethnicity is also
not to be confused with nationality. Someone who is Italian may
live in the United States, making their ethnicity Italian but
nationality American, but not both American or both Italian.
respond no.2
My race is white, but my ethnicity is Serbian and Montenegrin.
To me, my ethnicity means a lot, determining my religion,
cultural upbringing, mannerisms, and global outlook. Because I
am Serbian/Montenegrin, I was raised to be Eastern Orthodox,
albeit Serbian Orthodox because it is more common in the
United States. Further, since my mom immigrated at my age to
the U.S., she brought with her a lot of her culture and way of
life. Little things like the way she pronounces some words,

4. some of the food we make, and some household rules (like
taking off your shoes when entering someone’s house) are all
traits she imparted on me from a young age. Although I do not
speak Serbian or Montenegrin, I understand some words and I
have an understanding of our history and traditional culture. My
ethnicity shapes me a lot and allows me to feel connected with a
broader network of people and family that live overseas.
Race is a complex topic, especially in a society as
diverse and historically prejudiced as the United States. In a
sense, race is very socially constructed. The reality is that race
is a byproduct of evolution, allowing people to live in different
environments. Thus, race is biologically mundane and rather
unimportant. However, due to sociological ideals and beliefs,
people began to feel “different” than others, in ways that led to
issues like slavery, warfare, and overall discrimination. Race is
important because as a global society, we are very aware of it
and continue to differentiate ourselves based upon it. Racial
history is important and must be acknowledged, yet even today
people lay bias upon racial differences. Police brutality, the
wage breakdown, and school admissions are all byproducts of a
racially divided society. Race is indeed still important today yet
in a way that is more dividing and harmful than unifying.
When differentiating prejudice and discrimination, it is
important to understand that discrimination is putting prejudice
into action. Prejudices are ideas and thoughts someone may
harbor in their mind against a specific race or ethnicity, or
microaggressions they may display in public. Discrimination,
however, is the implication of laws or divisions in society that
puts some people at a disadvantage to others. A very relevant
example of this are the Jim Crow laws of the South and the
discrimination they supported amongst Americans on the basis
of skin color. Therefore, both are terrible concepts and
discrimination is essentially the cumulation of intense prejudice
that is enacted upon society.