LANGUAGE, RACE AND ETHNICITY

RACE AND ETHNICITY ARE FORMS OF SOCIAL DIFERENTIATION

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WHAT IS RACE?

• A category of people who share certain inherited physical characteristics, such as skin color, facial features, and staturei

• A large and diverse set of mostly intangible aspects of social life.

• An organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.

WHAT IS ETHNICITY?

• A category of people who share certain inherited physical characteristics, such as skin color, facial features, and stature.

• A shared culture and a way of life. This can be reflected in language, religion, material culture such as clothing and cuisine, and cultural products such as music and art.

• The customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group also : the characteristic features of everyday existence (such as diversions or a way of life) shared by people in a place or time popular culture Southern culture.

RACE IS A BIOLOGICAL CONSTRUCT INSTEAD OF A SOCIAL ONE

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LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES ARE OFTEN RACIALIZED

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LANGUAGE VARIATIONS ARE BIOLOGICAL

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