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Race vs. Ethnicity

Physical characteristics versus cultural heritage.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

My ethnicity is Black, but my race is Nigerian.

✓ Correct

My race is Black; my ethnicity is Nigerian — race is physical; ethnicity is cultural.

The ruleii

RACE = physical. ETHNICITY = cultural.

RACE categorises people by visible physical characteristics — socially constructed, but tied to appearance. ETHNICITY groups people by shared culture, language, or ancestry — learned, not inherent. Someone can be one race and many ethnicities.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

Race = look. Ethnicity = heritage.

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