Race and Ethinicity
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segment of a society, there are exceptions: blacks in South Africa, for example. The absolute numbers of minorities are increasing and, within a century, minorities, taken together, may form a majority. Ethnicity is a shared cultural heritage. While race is a biological concept, ethnicity is a cultural one. However, the two overlap. Ethnic characteristics are sometimes incorrectly believed to be racial, but while ethnicity is subject to modification over time, racial identity persists over generations.
segment of a society, there are exceptions: blacks in South Africa, for example. The absolute numbers of minorities are increasing and, within a century, minorities, taken together, may form a majority. Ethnicity is a shared cultural heritage. While race is a biological concept, ethnicity is a cultural one. However, the two overlap. Ethnic characteristics are sometimes incorrectly believed to be racial, but while ethnicity is subject to modification over time, racial identity persists over generations.