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An ethnic group is a human population whose members identify with each other, usually on the basis of a presumed common genealogy or ancestry (Smith 1986). Ethnic groups are also usually united by common cultural, behavioural, linguistic, or religious practices. In this sense, an ethnic group is also a cultural community.
From an objective standpoint, an ethnic group is also an endogamous population, that is, members of an ethnic group procreate primarily with other members of their ethnic group, something which is measurable in terms of characteristic average genetic frequencies. These differences, however, usually do not approach the magnitude of racial difference in that the genetic differences within an ethnic group are greater than the difference between any two ethnic groups. The characteristic of endogamy is reinforced by proximity, cultural familiarity, and also social pressure (in extreme cases, by legal command) to procreate within the ethnic group.
Types of ethnic group
In general, two types of ethnic groups have arisen in human history. The earliest form is the kinship-based ethnic group most closely corresponding to the term "tribe". As human populations became more mobile, another type of ethnic group arose, most closely associated with the evolution of the state ("country"), as the opportunity to procreate outside the old kinship systems presented itself. Invasion, migration, and pan-ethnic religions have contributed to a further evolution of new ethnic groups out of the mixture of older ethnic groups. At the same time, ethnic distinction can persist, even within the bounds of a single country as long as members of an ethnic group procreate primarily among themselves, for various reasons. More on [ Ethnic group ]
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If you look black, nigga you're black... "They" don't care about your mama ethnicity cause you look like yo damn daddy...
JuneTheDutch (Jeremy D. Sanders) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:07:17 -0000
If you look black, nigga you're black... "They" don't care about your mama ethnicity cause you look like yo damn daddy...
Haha, no one ever knows my ethnicity.
taraeatsrainbow (Tara Iyer) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:57:16 -0000
Haha, no one ever knows my ethnicity.
2 all my fellow #jamaicans ya'll motha effers r 1 ethnicity dat steal and ticket switch da most n department stores! M8 my job so easy!
purpleskit (Aquitta Parker) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:55:48 -0000
2 all my fellow #jamaicans ya'll motha effers r 1 ethnicity dat steal and ticket switch da most n department stores! M8 my job so easy!
@Adamfyre well that goes more with my ethnicity ... blonde and all ...
senryunectar (Ikkyu) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:47:53 -0000
@Adamfyre well that goes more with my ethnicity ... blonde and all ...
Variability in childhood allergy and asthma across ethnicity, language, and ... http://bit.ly/8BU0Q5
CancerLeft (Cancer Left) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:47:01 -0000
Variability in childhood allergy and asthma across ethnicity, language, and ... http://bit.ly/8BU0Q5
Variability in childhood allergy and asthma across ethnicity, language, and ... - 7thSpace Interactive (press relea... http://ow.ly/167xqP
AllergyCentral (Allergy Central) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:46:35 -0000
Variability in childhood allergy and asthma across ethnicity, language, and ... - 7thSpace Interactive (press relea... http://ow.ly/167xqP
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