1. RACE AND
ETHNICITY

2. Race VS Ethnicity
Race Ethnicity
 Classification  Culturally
of humans defined
according to differences
physical between
characteristic ethnic groups
s in the society

3. Ethnic Group
 A group of people with common
cultural background
 According to G. Thomas’ theory
of the “definition of the situation”
– the physical characteristics that
identify the group is not important
but the feeling of belonging to
each other

4. Minority Group
 A group of people that is
numerically lesser than the rest of
the population
 Non-dominant position, possess
ethnics religious or linguistic
characteristics which distinguish
them from the rest of the
population

5. Minority Group
 Its members share a sense of
solidarity and a desire to preserve
their culture, traditions, religion or
language

6. Characteristics of a minority
group
 The members suffer various
disadvantages at the hand of
another group
 They are identified by group
characteristics that are socially
visible
 It is a self-conscious group with a
strong sense of “oneness”

7. Characteristics of a minority
group
 They do not become members of
a minority group voluntarily but
are born into it
 They tend to marry within the
group

8. Ethnic Groups in the
Philippines
Christian Malay – 91.5%
Muslim Malay – 4%
Chinese – 1.5%
Cultural Minorities – 3%
Luzon – 28 Palawan – 8
Visayas – 12 Sulu/Tawi-tawi –
5

9. The Igorots of Northern
Luzon
 In the provinces
of Abra, Apayao,
Benguet, Ifugao,
Kalinga and
Mountain
province

10. The Igorots of Northern
Luzon
Six ethno-linguistic groups: (Clockwise from
top left) Bontoc, Ibaloi, Ifugao, Isneg (or
Apayao), Kalinga, and the Kanka-ney

11. The Igorots of Northern Luzon
 Ancestors used to be lowlanders,
migrated to the mountains of
Central Luzon in two distinct
waves:
• Search for food and water, and
to trade commodities
• Seek refuge and flee from
Spaniards

12. Ethnic Groups in Mindanao
 Bangsamoro, better known as
Moros; consist of 12 groups
 Moros – a term for barbarism and
inferiority, coined by the
Spaniards

13. Ethnic Groups in Mindanao
 These include
the
Maguinadanao,
Maranao,
Tausug, Samal,
Badjao, Yakan,
Sanguil,
Malebanon, Maranao

14. Ethnic Groups in
Mindanao
Samals (left) and Yakan (right)

15. Ethnic Groups in Mindanao
 Indigenous groups or lumads in
Mindanao include the T’boli,
Mandaya, Manobo, Mansaka,
Maranao, Sunanon, Tausug and
Yakan

16. Ethnic Groups in
Mindanao B’taan, T’bolis, Mandaya
(From left to right)
and Bagobo