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Ethnic Identity or Ethnicity Definition
- Ethnic Identity or Ethnicity: Emphasize a person's relation to other members of society
- Ethnic Identity: A set of institutions that bind people through a common culture.
- Ex: Language, Religion, Geographic Location, Customs, Appearance, and History
- As these distinct attributions are institutionalized, they become signifiers of a group's shared identity.
- Ascription: Assigning of a particular quality at birth
- Ethnic group is characterized by a set of institutions that embody norms and standards of behavior.
- Single society can be broken up into numerous ethnic groups.