10 Interesting Fact About Race and ethnicity

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• Ethnicity is the characteristics of culture related to a group of people, including language, religion, food, and customs.
• Race is a group of people who are distinguished based on physical characteristics that can be seen, such as skin color, height, eye shape, and others.
• There are more than 5,000 ethnicities and more than 1,000 races worldwide.
• In the United States, race and ethnicity are often used interchangeably to refer to the same category.
• In the UK, the term used to refer to race and ethnicity is ethnic minority.
• Some ethnic communities in the world call themselves a tribe, for example the Apache tribe in North America.
• Ethnicity can change over time, for example people who marry others from different ethnic backgrounds.
• Sometimes, ethnicity and race can conflict with each other.
• The division of ethnicity and race can cause discrimination and competition between groups.
• One way to help prevent racial discrimination is by respecting the diversity of ethnicity and race.