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Originally posted by: thomsbrain
it's no more an ethnicity than being a Mormon. Yeah, because of prefered inter-religion breeding, you've got a slightly more consistent group of genes. but a shade of white is still white. and you can be "officially" jewish and be mostly black or mostly asian, so it really doesn't mean anything. german people aren't a different ethnicity from english people, even though they often look different.
You're confusing ethnicity with race. German is an ethnicity:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_German
It is also a nationality. But not all nationalities are also ethnicities (examples - Americans, Canadians - not ethnicities).
Ethnicity:
Ethnicity = culturalAn ethnic group is a human population whose members identify with each other, usually on the basis of a presumed common genealogy or ancestry (Smith, 1986). Ethnic groups are also usually united by common cultural, behavioural, linguistic, or religious practices. In this sense, an ethnic group is also a cultural community.
Nationality = political
Race = physical
Originally posted by: Ulfhednar
I agree. Apparently this thread is for people to say things they know nothing about outside of what they read on Wikipedia.
Uh, no. I use Wikipedia because it is the easiest place to find the information to back up what I already know. You learn this stuff in jr high social studies.