What is Ethnicity? (PBS)

Is ethnicity indended to be the same concept as race?

• No

• Yes

People can belong to multiple ethnic groups (groups with a shared cultural/ancestral origin)

• True

• False

When it comes to ethnicity and race...

• ... you should never talk about race when talking about ethnicity.

• 
  

  ...race sometimes plays a part in defining a group's ethnicity.

• 
  

  ... race never plays a part in defining a group's identity.

Originally, "White" or "Caucasian" was used to refer to...

• only those of Anglo-Saxon (English) origin

• only Celts, Slavs, Iberics, and Hebrews

• 
  

  all lighter skinned people from Europe

Why were the Irish portrayed as angry in the photograph?

• Both of the other answers are correct.

• They were frustrated that African Americans were exempt from the war draft but they were not.

• 
  

  They could not afford to pay the draft exemption fee to be exempt from going to war.

Definitions of race and ethnicity are stable (unchanging).

• False

• True

Historically, definitions of race and ethnicity and who fits into what category have been changed...

• ...to be more scientifically and culturally accurate.

• 
  

  ...to reflect the fact that we live in a melting pot in which so many of us are interrelated.

• 
  

  ...to suit people in power.

In the past (think 1800s) Irish people were defined as...

• 
  

  the same race as Anglo (English-descended) Americans.

• 
  

  a different race/ethnicity than Anglo (English-descended) Americans.

When talking about how ethnicity is fluid, not only do we consider people's cultural preference, but we also consider...

• their marital status

• their name

• 
  

  their heritage

Which of the following could be included in a subculture?

• being part of the Harry Potter fandom

• collecting rare books

• being a gamer

• 
  

  All of the other answers are correct.