Terms Race and Ethnicity
Essay by nikky • August 8, 2011 • Essay • 436 Words (2 Pages) • 1,786 Views
When it comes to the terms race and ethnicity, the first thoughts that come to mind are ways of expressing and sharing with others about your heritage, morals, traditions, and appearance. Therefore, when the word race is mention, it is describing a person's skin color, facial features, and their hair texture. For instance, we have African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, and Caucasians. In addition, when the word ethnicity is mention, the first thing that comes to my mind is usually when a person speaks out about their family history or background.
In fact, I am considered as a Caucasian; however, my family background shares several different ethnical roots such as Canadian, Cherokee Indian, and Irish. Therefore, in my opinion, I do not think we should judge someone by the color of their skin, hair, language, or looks because, in God's eyes we are all the same. However, these two concepts are very important to us today, due to people still not accepting the fact that we are all the same and should be treated equal, yet they still consider different races as being enemies. Therefore, this has caused so much crime in the world today, due to all these gangs and countries having so much against one another, its results usually end with someone losing a loved one?
When it comes to the terms race and ethnicity, the first thoughts that come to mind are ways of expressing and sharing with others about your heritage, morals, traditions, and appearance. Therefore, when the word race is mention, it is describing a person's skin color, facial features, and their hair texture. For instance, we have African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, and Caucasians. In addition, when the word ethnicity is mention, the first thing that comes to my mind is usually when a person speaks out about their family history or background.
In fact, I am considered as a Caucasian; however, my family background shares several different ethnical roots such as Canadian, Cherokee Indian, and Irish. Therefore, in my opinion, I do not think we should judge someone by the color of their skin, hair, language, or looks because, in God's eyes we are all the same. However, these two concepts are very important to us today, due to people still not accepting the fact that we are all the same and should be treated equal, yet they still consider different races as being enemies. Therefore, this has caused so much crime in the world today, due to all these gangs and countries having so much against one another, its results usually end with someone losing a loved one?
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