Ethnicity: identification and positive and negative aspects.
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Under what circumstances is ethnicity apparent? How can an ethnic identity be both positive and perhaps counterproductive? Give a detailed example.
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This solution examines the issue of ethnicity. Under what circumstances is ethnicity apparent? Can ethnic labeling be both positive and negative? If so, when and how? Over 300 words of original text.
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Ethnicity is apparent when one is compared to others of a different ethnicity. This is especially true when the situation is viewed from people from within one of the two groups as opposed to an outsider. For example, I currently live in Thailand where I teach at an international school. When I look at the Thai people they all mostly look the same to me. However, they can instantly recognize who is Thai, who is Lao or Mung or from one of the many tribal groups. They can also tell which people have ...
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