SOCL 2505 Chapter : Racial Ethnic Groups
Document Summary
Definition of race is fluid and is typically defined by physical traits. Race is a social construct: polish americans and italian americans not being considered white, time and history matter, choices for race an ethnicity change overtime. In 1910, those who were of mixed black and white ancestry would have to check off. The 2010 census has restructured how we think of race and ethnicity. The census see"s hispanic origin as an ethnicity and not a race. Ethnic group more difficult to define than race. People who think of themselves as distinctive others because of common ancestry and shared culture. Ethnic groups have nothing to do with physical characteristics. Racial-ethnic groups people who share a common identity and whose members think of themselves as distinct from others by virtue of ancestry, culture, and sometimes physical characteristics. United states is structured around 5 racial-ethnic groups: non-hispanic whites, african american, hispanic, asian, native hawaiian, or pacific islander, native american or alaska native.
