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Ethnic Diversity, Factors that define ethnicity - Coggle Diagram
Ethnic Diversity
Factors that define ethnicity
Race
4 Main Types
- Caucasion, Mongoloid , Negroid , Australoid
Classifies people according to their skin colour, hair type, and visual facial features. Modern world it is used as a social construct.
Due to intermarriage and migration, a pure race no longer exists.- racial diaspora in homelands
Appearance is related to ancestral adaptations to physical conditions
eg
Negroids - hot African climate
Nationality
A unifying factor for people of the same country or origin
Members of an ethnic group present an image of their nationality to the outside world using symbols of the place such as flags and anthems
It can also be divisive
eg
NI Catholics have elegance to Ireland - use Irish flag. This can lead to conflict
Language
An outward expression of ethnicity that is linked to where a person has grown up. There are over 6,500 globally.
People who are unable to communicate due to a language barrier are likely to maintain other differences as well.
Expression of national identity
- Sinn Fein delivers speeches in Irish
Religion
Outward expression of Ethnicity
Codes of behaviour that certain religions follow
eg
Muslim dress code, makes some religions instantly recognisable.
Segregation
eg in NI Cath + Prods have separate schools and sports
Ethnicity Def
Ethnicity
– identification that someone is apart of an ethnic group that share the same personal traits of inherited cultural traditions including language, nationality, race and customs.