2 ms·

I feel that the new "PC" word for race is ethnicity. As I understand it serves pretty much the same purpose.

• watwut 8y ago
  Ethnicity is defined primary through shared history and social grouping. Race is defined through genetics. They share some of the same, but are not the same.
  • cies 8y ago
    > Ethnicity is defined primary through shared history and social grouping. Agreed. But I feel ethnicity is "used" in a way like "race". > Race is defined through genetics. Sure? I thought genetically race had a very weak basis, and that it was basically some aspects of bodily looks and location of genetical/blood origination? The main reason we needed ethnicity as a term, because race was "simply not there in the genes" and thus "mostly about looks" which gave it very little use in proper science.
    • watwut 8y ago
      I don't think I agree with second. Germans have clearly different culture, language, habits, preferences, values and humor then Czechs. Wo ha different all above from French. A lot of it remains when group emirates but keeps being close knit. That is ethicity.