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I think 'ethnicity' is a complicated term, since it's a catchall for all sorts of identities we can't quite assign to something easier to parse. In the example
by valarauko 3y ago
I think 'ethnicity' is a complicated term, since it's a catchall for all sorts of identities we can't quite assign to something easier to parse. In the example of the Australian Indigenous, that identity is a Venn diagram of overlapping ideas about lineage, culture, language, and tribal affiliation. Any one or more of those attributes could be potentially disrupted and yet maintain Indigenous identity and acceptance by the larger community - perhaps precariously.
A counter example would be the American designation of 'Latino' as an ethnicity, independent of race, language, and culture, and based entirely on national origin.
- akiselev 3y ago“Latino” refers to the mixed descendants of Spanish or Portuguese ancestry as opposed to the indigenous Mayans, Guarani, Aymara, etc that still inhabit the continent, numbering in the millions.
- valarauko 3y agoSure, though you're using the community definition of the term, while the US government definition encompasses anybody from those countries, regardless of ancestry. So a Lebanese - Mexican or Chinese - Mexican with no Spanish ancestry could be considered latino by the government.