Question

Race and Ethnicity, describe the difference between both concepts. , describe how you saw yourself in terms of race and ethnicity before taking this course of socilogy . Then, answer the following:

How do you describe yourself?

Who are you, or, what are you?

Do you identify yourself by your race, your ethnicity, other factors, or neither?

Answer 1

• Race refers to a person's physical characteristics, such as bone structure and skin, hair, or eye color. Ethnicity, however, refers to cultural factors, including nationality, regional culture, ancestry, and language.
• An example of race is brown, white, or black skin (all from various parts of the world), while an example of ethnicity is German or Spanish ancestry (regardless of race) or Han Chinese.
• Your race is determined by how you look while your ethnicity is determined based on the social and cultural groups you belong to. You can have more than one ethnicities but you are said to have one race, even if it's "mixed race".
• I am an Indian,and I am brown and my ethnicity is Punjabi but I have never really used these to define who I am.Yes,I have been brought up in a Punjabi family and certain values I hold and my upbringing does reflect that but when I need to define myself I dont use my race or ethnicity heavily.
• To define myself,would be more related to my belief system,my value and my personality traits.Race and ethnicity are a part of our identities but they should never define the person,since it becomes stereotypical.
• There is definitely more to a person that just her/his race or ethnicity.Having said that,interacting with similar cultural groups does makes it easier because of the language and other characteristics shared but they dont define who you are.
• I think my experiences,knowledge,values,opinions etc. define me and make me the person I am.