Ethnicity
An ethnicity is a socially defined category of people who identify with each other based on common ancestral, social, cultural or national experience.
Types of ethnic groups can be identified
Ethno-racial emphasizing shared physical appearance
based on genetic origins;
Ethno-religious, emphasizing shared affiliation with a
particular religion, denomination and/or sect;
Ethno-linguistic, emphasizing shared language, dialect
and/or script;
Ethno-national, emphasizing a shared polity and/or
sense of national identity;
Ethno-regional, emphasizing a distinct local sense of
belonging stemming from relative geographic isolation
Defining ethnicity
• Ethnicity refers to the distinct cultural
norms and values of a social group