Race and Ethnicity (INC)

Question 1

Three common bonds

Answer 1

Shared interests
Shared institutions
Shared culture

Question 2

shared interests

Answer 2

include common political, economic, and social status. Political interests may include the struggle for language rights or employment equity. Economic interests may include the desire for pay equity or the right to join labour unions. Status interests may include the desire to live in more affluent neigbourhoods or membership in prestigious organizations

Question 3

shared institutions

Answer 3

may include organizations such as political parties, educational systems, financial services, and even extended families. Groups are bound together by their dependence on shared institutions

Question 4

shared culture

Answer 4

common cultural practices that serve to bring members of an ethnic group or community closer together. This may include customs and traditions that have been handed down for generations and the legends, myths, and unique world views that form a basis for common ethnic identity