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Ethnicity. In your own words define Race and Ethnicity: Are they the same thing? Why or why not?. Who are you?. On a separate sheet of paper… Using as many different aspects of AP Human Geography that you have learned so far, describe yourself.
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Ethnicity • In your own words define Race and Ethnicity: • Are they the same thing? Why or why not?
Who are you? • On a separate sheet of paper… • Using as many different aspects of AP Human Geography that you have learned so far, describe yourself. • Be sure to include race, ethnicity, and nationality in your response.
Is Race Real? • Where did it come from? • Why is it used? • What is racism?
What is ethnicity? How is it different than race? 1. identity with a group of people who share the cultural traditions of a particular homeland or hearth. Thus: customs, cultural characteristics, language, common history, homeland, etc... 2. a socially created system of rules about who belongs and who does not belong to a particular group based on actual or perceived commonality of origin, race, culture. This notion is clearly tied to place. Turkish Armenian Puerto Rican Mongolian Japanese Kazakh Thai Chinese
Race • Race vs. Ethnicity • Race includes traits that are passed genetically from parents to children – but this is tricky • Only early humans were unique, genetically, but this uniqueness quickly vanished once humans began interacting • Concept of race more of a social construct than a biological determination • Wasn’t until late 1600s that category “white” existed • Historically, various immigrant groups were not considered “white” … “No whites do that kind of work, only Swedes.” • So biological foundation for race is almost meaningless, and has been used as a foundation for racism for past 400 years.
Agree or Disagree? Why? • 1. All African-Americans are black. • 2. All blacks are African-American.
Race in US III. Troubling History a. Treatment of Native Americans b. Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade c. Segregation and Jim Crow d. Apartheid e. Future?
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade • http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g5s_u3/index.html
IV. Ethnic Clashes not unique to America a. Rwanda – Hutus & Tutsis b. Pakistan & India c. Former Yugoslavia
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) • What was it? • Effects
African Americans are the only true members of Ghettos. True or False
Are there more racial conflicts or ethnic conflicts in the world?
Drill • What is your nationality? • Are you proud of it? • Why?
Ethnicity v. Nationality • What is the difference between ethnicity and nationality? • Nationality identifies
Concept of Nation V. Nation vs. State a. In geography, not synonyms b. State: Area organized into political unit ruled by established gov’t with control Examples: c. Nation: Tightly knit group of people possessing bonds of common culture Examples:
Nation-States • A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity. • The overwhelming majority of people in a state identify with the same ethnicity. • Examples:
In your life are you ever influenced by government propaganda to be ethnocentric
Centripetal Force Centrifugal Force Definition: Examples: • Definition: • Examples:
The pledge of allegiance should be thrown out of schools because it leads to nationalism and is a bad centripetal force!
Nationalism • Helps create national unity • Can be very dangerous • Can breed intolerance of difference and Others
Imperialism • Who made most countries?
Warm-Up • The concept that nationalities have the right to govern themselves is known as • A) self-determination • B) centripetal force • C) sovereignty • D) ethnic identity • E) nation-state • Why does the concept discussed above cause problems throughout the world? • In your opinion, what gives one nation power over another?
Ethnic Conflict • Desire to dominate • Dividing ethnicities among multiple states.
Ethnic Cleansing • Majority ethnic groups forcibly remove minority groups to create a homogenous region. • AKA: Genocide
A Brief History of Ethnic Cleansing • Holocaust • Balkans • Africa
Balkanization refers to… • A) religions splintering into opposing groups • B) the breakdown of a state due to conflicts among nationalities • C) the creation of nation-states in southeastern Europe • D) ethnic cleansing • E) a small geographic area that cannot successfully be organized into states
Discussion Questions • How is the process of globalization, both economic and culture, changing perceptions of race? • Are we headed towards one world culture and one world ethnicity? Can you give examples to make your argument? • Is ethnic identity decreasing in the U.S. in the face of globalization of the media and cultures? Is the situation different in other parts of the world?