 | Culture | Ethnicity |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction (from Wikipedia) | Culture (Latin: cultura, lit. "cultivation") is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. However, the word "culture" is most commonly used in three basic senses | |
| Spread | Culture spreads through the transfer of ideas of individuals, though heritage can be shared. Usually through mediums such as Books and Paintings, or things like Fashion and Architecture. Things that are about expressions. | |
| Build Up | Culture builds up through exploration of the senses, as well as the expression of stories and ideas. It is less about power, and more about inheritance. | |
| Effect | Culture can build up a way of devotion or expression. It can exert a force of influence on other works of culture, and it can unite on itself. | |
| Definition | An ethnic group or ethnicity is a population group whose members identify with each other on the basis of common nationality or shared cultural traditions. | |
| Significance | Ethnicity connotes shared cultural traits and a shared group history. Some ethnic groups also share linguistic or religious traits, while others share a common group history but not a common language or religion. | |
| Genealogy | Ethnicity is defined in terms of shared genealogy, whether actual or presumed. Typically, if people believe they descend from a particular group, and they want to be associated with that group, then they are in fact members of that group. | |
| Distinguishing Factors | Ethnic groups distinguish themselves differently from one time period to another. They typically seek to define themselves but also are defined by the stereotypes of dominant groups. | |
| Nationalism | In 19th century, there was development of the political ideology of ethnic nationalism -- creating nations based on a presumed shared ethnic origins (e.g. Germany, Italy, Sweden...) | |
| Legal System | In the last decades of the 20th century, in the U.S. and in most nations, the legal system as well as the official ideology prohibited ethnic-based discrimination. | |
| Conflicts | Often brutal conflicts between ethnic groups have existed throughout history and across the world. But most ethnic groups in fact get along peacefully within one another in most nations most of the time. | |
| Examples of conflict | Conflict between Tamil and Sinhalese populations in Sri Lanka, or the Hutu and Tutsi people in Rwanda. |
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