Human Growth and Development / Unit 1 HGD 0049 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Race, Ethnicity and Culture
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The idea
Race is socially constructed with no genetic basis; ethnicity is shared cultural or national heritage; culture is meaning shared and passed between generations.
In practice
One family's heritage, language and customs carried across three generations and a border.
Where people slip
The misconception is that race is a biological category. Researchers now say ethnoracial when findings centre ethnicity yet acknowledge race's construction.
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