Category: Ethnicity

The definitions of race and ethnicity seem to be often confused, and usually, the line between them blurs, and people do not use the terms correctly. At first, there was no difference between these two concepts, and I believed that race implies specific cultural features and characteristics. However, over time through considerable research and readings,…

The matters of race are still of considerable importance in todays world. While the age of colonialism is over, the increasingly globalizing post-colonial world introduces new racial and ethnic hierarchies on both domestic and worldwide scale. Contemporary art reacts to these developments and mirrors them in the works of such artists as David Hammons, Roberts…

Sociology is an area of scientific inquiry that researches human societies and the social elements that comprise our societies. In detail, social elements refer to the interactions, social institutions, and interpersonal relationships of which support the development of society. These social elements are present in the everyday lives of many people. Sociologists use social elements…

Ethnicity can have a significant influence on our identity and experiences of belonging. What impact do globalization, increased mobility and/or migration have on ethnicity today? The essay will be focusing on the impact of globalisation on ethnicity. One can identify globalisation as the intensification of social relations worldwide that link distant localities in such a…

Introduction Our world is more like a room stuffed with people in different ethnicities than a spheroidic. Using our greatest mighty homeland, Peoples Republic of China, as an example. China has roughly nine million and six hundred thousand square kilometers of territory stuffed with one point four billion of population and there are different ethnicities…

Introduction Culture Culture refers to the practices, values and beliefs shared by a group. It encompasses group life from daily routines, and daily interactions, to the most important part of group life. It includes everything produced by society and includes all social rules. For example, a family always take their dinner at 8.30 pm every…

The world as we know it today has significantly changed. After two world wars, thousands of conflicts, and countless efforts to achieve peace, we can now say democracy prevails. We can count almost 200 sovereign nation-states in the world now, most of them being democratic. But looking in the past, this was not the case.…

Introduction Background of the Study The term ‘society’ came from the Latin word societas, which in turn was derived from the noun socius (‘comrade, friend, ally’; adjectival form socialis) used to describe a bond or interaction between parties that are friendly, or at least civil. Without an article, the term can refer to the entirety…

Many of the problems seen in modern times are due to events that many Americans pass off as typical with misfortunes and injustices. The Other Wes Moore perfectly exemplifies these exact afflictions that a multitude of people face in the United States, partially due to ethnicity or cultural background. The instances of poverty, economic injustice,…

Race The term race is given by the society to the group of people who are different in biological characters (skin color, eye color) from other people. It is not connected to families and ancestors. however, it relates to the geographical regions more. When the sociologist did the study, it revealed that the differences in…