... no such thing as ethnic war 1. Introduction: Traditionally the phenomena ethnicity is intimately related with the field of anthropology. In terms of emphasis and concern, it came into prominence in the field of International Relations after the World ... peoples considered inferior to the dominant groups mainly from British descendent. According to Yelvington- ethnicity is an aspect of social relationship between agents who consider themselves as being culturally distinctive from members of other groups with whom they have a minimum of regular interaction. It ... bases of the conflicts...

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... history inquiry...you can fill in the blanks that's what makes history come alive is that you may seek to research your interests. " Professor John Ulloa, instructor of history and anthropology, states "History is like a multifaceted diamond. Depending on what facet you are looking at, you will see different aspects. I believe race could be determined by the way a person looks, for ... -economic and political situations worldwide. There are many ideologies in the United States that have a major influence on what race you identify with. Depending on what race you are, your social, politic...

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... is that ethnicity valued, by me and by others?". The answers to these questions depend on many factors, including traditions from one's culture of origin, social practices of those people who surround the person and the social beliefs of the new culture. Time and place invariably affect these (2). The complexity of identity is the reason why people spend so much time questioning ... national identity, but also according to other forms of community. To illustrate the process of identification, I give examples from "Eight Morenos", Sherazade and real life. I also use theories from an anth...

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... given in 1998 by the Sociology department of Hunter College: "The word ethnicity derives from the Greek ethnos, a people. Ethnic identity gives a sense of peoplehood to a unique human collectivity. In anthropology and in sociology, "ethnic group" is used to designate a culturally distinctive, autonomous group, but in the U.S. the more general application is to identify a distinct segment of the population also sharing ... common cultural features and social institutions as a group. An ethnic group may overlap with a political group and it may be thought racially distinct as happens in r...

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