Ethnicity And Inequality

Question 0

Ethnicity is..

Answer 0

Cultural heritage shared by members of a particular group. It is socially constructed as there is no scientific or genetic basis to ideas of ‘race’

Question 1

Racism is..

Answer 1

The belief that some ethnic groups are superior and others are inferior. This can be overt or implied racism

Question 2

Race is..

Answer 2

Variation of physical appearance, skin colour etc

Question 3

Racial discrimination is..

Answer 3

Racial prejudice put into practice, eg by denying someone a job on the basis of their skin colour or membership of a different ethnic group

Question 4

Ethnocentrism is..

Answer 4

The tendency to see the world from the perspective of your own culture and to assume that ones own culture is the only correct way to think (related to xenophobia). Racism is a step beyond ethnocentricity as it implies that people of different cultures aren’t equal with each other