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Lecture: Multiculturalism in Western Europe and North America

Lecturer: Dr. Laura Laubeova/Antonin Mikes

Student: Leeann Davulis

Date: March 6 !""#

A$%&: %ornell Stephen 'artmann Dou(las )*++,-. Ethnicity and Race. Making Identities in a Changing World.

ine or(e ress/A Sa(e ublication %ompan0 te1t on 23he De4inition o4 5ace pp !*789 6,76+.

1. Central Quotation

2Ethnicit0 and race are not the same but the0 are not mutuall0 e1clusive cate(ories either. 3he0 sometimes overlap. &n shortraces ma0 be but are not necessaril0 ethnic (roups. )%ornell 'artmann !-2. Argument

%ornell and 'artmann ar(ue throu(hout this essa0 that the terms race and ethnicit0 althou(h used interchan(eabl0 throu(hout

historical te1ts are markedl0 di44erent cate(ories ;here race is primaril0 based on similar ph0sical characteristics and ethnicit0

primaril0 classi4ies (roups 4rom a common ori(in ancestr0 or descent. While race is assi(ned b0 those outside the (roup bein(classi4ied ethnicit0 is assi(ned b0 those individuals ;ithin the ethnic (roup and these assertions create an identit0 commonl0

shared. Ethnicit0 4orms 4eelin(s o4 sel47assertion and sel47concept ;ithin the (roup< race is sociall0 constructed to;ards the (roup

bein( de4ined b0 the (roup in po;er. 3his 4orms a sti(ma attachin( race to bein( inherently in4erior di44erent o4 a lo;er status

and places racial (roups in the lo;est cate(ories o4 hierarch0 ;ithin social or(ani=ations. 5ace almost al;a0s pertains to skin

color or other ph0sical classi4ications rather than ori(ination. 'o;ever %ornell and 'artmann also e1plain that both ethnicit0 and

race overlap in a number o4 ;a0s ;hich is ;h0 the terms are so di44icult to de4ine. 3he most appropriate e1ample o4 overlappin(

is ho; a (roup o4 people can be classi4ied as ori(inatin( 4rom the same territor0 ;hile simultaneousl0 sharin( common ph0sical

characteristics< thus the0 can>t be classi4ied under race or ethnicit0 because the0 embod0 both de4initions at the same time.3. Question

3he ?uestion raised in this essa0 is literall0 2What is 5ace@ ;hich cannot easil0 be interpreted as both authors sho; throu(he1amples o4 ho; de4initions o4 race and ethnicit0 have chan(ed over time. 3he ?uestion is put at its best ;hen insi(ht is o44ered

throu(h stud0in( the lists o4 racial and ethnic cate(ories that various countries use to de4ine their populations. or instance the

authors ask i4 there in 4act onl0 4ive races in the nited States accordin( to its census bureau. Br are there onl0 4our accordin( to

the South A4rican (overnment@ urthermore these cate(ories have been chan(ed and renamed over time and the ethnic (roups

classi4ied under them have been shi4ted as ;ell makin( the ar(ument o4 2;hat is race@ all the more comple1 and unans;erable.

4. Experiential Connection

Cro;in( up m0 ;hole li4e as a second (eneration nited States citi=en it has al;a0s been eas0 to 4ill out 4orms in school and

check o44 the bo1 2White or 2%aucasian. &t ;ould realisticall0 be impossible to classi40 all the ethnic (roups ;ithin the nitedStates ;ithout runnin( out o4 room on the pa(e. 'o;ever & o4ten ;onder ho; it must 4eel to have to classi40 onesel4 in such a

narro; cate(ori=ation as 2White lack Latino or Bther. 3he sense o4 identit0 is lost ;ithin these classi4ications. &n addition it

is ver0 eas0 to overlap these identities ;here one person can be simultaneousl0 White and 'ispanic 4rom South A4rica b0 ori(in

and livin( on a Native American reservation. Althou(h this ma0 not seem plausible it is ?uite possible 4or Americans to have this

t0pe o4 multi7ethnic herita(e and be (enuinel0 con4used as to ho; the0 are de4ined b0 others around them in contrast to ho; the0

de4ine themselves and their relationship to others ;ithin their ethnic identit0.5. Textual Connection

3his te1t closel0 resembles the attempt b0 3.'. Eriksen>s*essa0 to de4ine the terms o4 ethnicit0 and race speci4icall0. Eriksen>sobservations con4irm %ornell and 'artmann>s ar(ument that ;hile race and ethnicit0 tend to be de4ined in similar terms and

(rouped to(ether more o4ten than not ;hen bein( studied there still remains an important and 2distin(uishable di44erence

bet;een ethnicit0 and race. 3he te1ts do have variations thou(h< ;hereas %ornell and 'artmann speak o4 overlappin( throu(h

politicall0 and sociall0 or(ani=ed terms Eriksen also sees overlappin( but his e1ample is more direct throu(h the ph0sical

interbreedin( o4 the human population over time. oth essa0s clearl0 de4ine ho;ever that there isa di44erence bet;een race and

ethnicit0 and it lies ;ithin one similar comparison< that race is sociall0 constructed b0 outside (roups as a ;a0 o4 classi40in(

2them or 2other ;hile ethnicit0 is de4ined ;ithin the (roup itsel4 as 2us. Althou(h Eriksen a(rees there are di44erences in the

ideolo(ies o4 race and ethnicit0 he chooses not to separate the terms ;hen speakin( o4 interethnic relations classes etc. because

he doesn>t see the distinction as bein( 2use4ul to that speci4ic discussion.6. Implications

3his te1t reevaluates the classi4ications ;e take 4or (ranted ;hen de4inin( populations ;ithin di44erent countries. &t poses the

?uestion o4 ;hat e1actl0 race is and reduces it to a social construct that reall0 has no application 4or the betterment o4 a nation as a

;hole. Ethnicit0 and its (roupin( on the other hand have ver0 relevant implications ;hen stud0in( populations and decidin( on

policies 4or various (roups. 2Ethnic in all its 4orms is much more appropriate ;hen considerin( correct terminolo(0 and can be

de4ined b0 both those ;ithin the ethnic (roup and those outside o4 it ;ithout discriminatin( ?ualities. 3here4ore & think

(overnments and census bureaus ;ould be better o44 de4inin( populations in terms o4 ethnicities and not races as this ;ould create

a more e?ual tone in 4ormulatin( policies a44ectin( ethnic minorities and solvin( ethnicall07char(ed political issues.

*Eriksen 3.'. 2Ethnicit0 5ace %lass and Nation te1t 8 in 'utchinson ohn Smith Anthon0 eds. )*++6-Ethnicity. B14ord7Ne; Fork:

B14ord niversit0 ress p. !,79*.

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Sample Sel assessment orm

Department o4 Western European Studies acult0 o4 Social Sciences %harles niversit0AQCI ASSESS!E"T $%!

Student>s

name:

Leeann Davulis Name o4

assessor:

ulie uhl oer(ensen

Nic '0land

Date: March 6 !""#

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opinions

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