Ethnicity vs Race - Difference and Comparison

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	Ethnicity	Race
Legal System:	In last decades of the 20th century, the legal system as well as the official ideology prohibited ethnic-based discrimination	In last decades of the 20th century, the legal system as well as the official ideology emphasized race equality
Conflicts:	Often brutal conflicts between ethnic groups have existed throughout history and across the world	Racial prejudice against Africans also exists today in non-colonised countries such as China and Japan
Distinguishing Factors:	Ethnics are distinguished by as a distinct group, or by common cultural, linguistic, religious, or physical traits	Races are distinguished by skin color, facial type, cranial profile and size, texture and color of hair
Definition:	An ethnic group or ethnicity is a population of human beings whose members identify with each other, either on the basis of a presumed common genealogy or ancestry	The term race refers to the concept of dividing people into populations or groups on the basis of various sets of characteristics and beliefs about common ancestry
Significance:	Ethnicity connotes shared cultural, linguistic, or religious traits	Race connotes shared biological (genetic or phenotypic) traits
Genealogy:	Ethnicity is defined in terms of shared genealogy	Race is defined in terms of shared genealogy
Nationalism:	In 19th century, there was development of the political ideology of ethnic nationalism	In 19th century,the concept of race was tied to nationalism

Race relates to a person's appearance - chiefly the color of their skin. It is determined biologically, with genetic traits such as skin color, eye color, hair color, bone/jaw structure etc.

Ethnicity, on the other hand, relates to cultural factors such as nationality, culture, ancestry and beliefs.

For example, take the Caucasian race. The physical characteristics of Caucasians were described by M. A. MacConaill, as being "light skin and eyes, narrow noses, and thin lips. Their hair is usually straight or wavy". Caucasoids are said to have the lowest degree of projection of the alveolar bones which contain the teeth, a notable size prominence of the cranium and forehead region, and a projection of the midfacial region. The Caucasian race consists of many ethnicities such as Irish, Italian, German, Iranians etc.

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