Ethnicity, Race and Nationality Ms. Patten 2006

Ethnicity is… Identity with a group of people who share the cultural traditions of a particular homeland or hearth Ethnicity comes from the Greek word ethnikos, meaning national

Race is… Identity with a group of people who share a biological ancestor or biological characteristics Race comes from a middle French word for generation

Nationality is… Identity with a group of people who share legal attachment and personal allegience to a particular country Nationality comes from a Latin word, nasci, meaning ‘to have been born’

Nationality vs Ethnicity  Nationality Membership defined through shared cultural values Values revolving around voting, obtaining citizenship, obtaining a passport, performing civic duties  Ethnicity Membership defined through shared cultural values Values revolving around religion, language and other material culture

The American nationality identifies citizens of the United States, natural born and naturalized Ethnicity identifies groups with distince ancestry and cultural traditions, such as African Americans or Hispanic Americans Race distinguishe s blacks and other persons of color from whites