ENC 2135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ethnocentrism, Asian Americans, Intensify
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Racial literacy the skills taught to children of multiracial families to help them cope with racial hierarchies and to integrate multiple ethnic identities. Ethnicity cultural values and norms that distinguish the members of a given group form others; a group whose members share distinct awareness of a common cultural identity, separating them from other groups. In virtually all societies, ethnic di erences are associated with . Di erent characteristics may distinguish one ethnic group form the other, but the most common are some combination of language, history, religious faith, ancestry, and style of dress or adornment. Examples include: irish americans, jewish americans, italian americans, cuban americans, and japanese americans. Race di erences in human physical characteristics used to categorize large numbers of individuals. Race, then, can be understood as a classi cation system that assigns individuals and groups to categories that are ranked or hierarchical.
