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incognitopolls · 3 months
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lotusinjadewell · 2 months
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magnetothemagnificent · 10 months
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been thinking about this question and hopefully this won't be too awkward to ask. since judaism is itself an ethnicity and religion at the same time, imagine you have ancestors from like idk portugal who converted to judaism centuries and centuries ago and so their descendants are all jewish but don't know about the conversion part. can they call themselves ethnically jewish?
A person becomes part of the Jewish ethnicity when they convert to Judaism. Ethnicity is more than DNA, it's about your peoplehood. As a student of anthropology I honestly don't like how the rise of at-home DNA test kits have put into people's minds their identity is a complicated equation of DNA percentages. People are not math problems. If you were born Jewish you are 100% Jewish. If you converted to Judaism you are 100% Jewish. DNA tests only measure the genes you're more likely to share with certain populations, and even then they're not completely accurate. Ethnicity isn't about blood quantum, at least it shouldn't be.
Here's an example, using myself:
I've never taken a DNA test, and don't intend to, but if I had to guess it would probably give me a result of something like: 58% Ashkenazi Jewish; 25% Northern European; 15% Sephardi Jewish; 2% Northern African.
What does that tell me about my ethnicity? Nothing. It tells me percentages of DNA I have that are most likely shared with certain populations of people from certain geographic regions (haplogroups), but my ethnicity is 100% Jewish and I don't need a DNA test to tell me that, because I know I was born Jewish.
DNA tells you your haplotypes. Peoplehood tells you your ethnicity. And peoplehood is defined by the people themselves.
So yes, the descendents of converts are ethnically Jewish. All Jews are ethnically Jewish.
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notaplaceofhonour · 2 months
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“jews don’t experience racism for being jewish because jews are an ethnicity, not a race”
*proceeds to treat jewish ethnicity as strictly hereditary*
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selenoprince · 4 months
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𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐲𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬
!! Disclaimer: these are just *my* head-canons on these characters. The only one that is canon is Ticci-Toby !!
*Also Sally and Eyeless Lulu but they will be on the reblog*
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Slender Man- French
Jeff the Killer - Mexican
Ticci Toby - German
Ben/BEN Drowned - South Korean
Laughing Jack - British Columbian Indigenous
Eyeless Jack - Kenyan
Jane the Killer - Zimbabwe
Nina the Killer - Afro-Mexican
Laughing Jill - First Nation Canadian Indigenous
Clockwork - El Salvadorian
**mmd models belong to their original creators**
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zebulontheplanet · 1 month
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My journey with race and my ethnicity has always been complicated. When I was younger, I was very tan. I always looked latino. There was no doubt in my mind of what I was, and I accepted myself. I also have very strong Jewish features, small but round face, big nose, big eyes, etc etc. My mom grew up similarly to me in a way, her mom grew up believing that she was half black. She was very dark, had curly hair, wide features, etc etc. So my mom naturally got a lot of those features. She was always curvy, had big lips, curly hair, darker skin, etc etc. Later in life she took a DNA test, and 100% thought she’d get that she was a quarter black. Well, turns out that she wasn’t a quarter black and was actually Sicilian. Shes just a very dark Sicilian. Which could be rooted in the Arabic roots of Sicilians.
My own experience with race has been also complicated. I got a lot of my mother’s features and a lot of my father’s features. It seemed I didn’t fit in anywhere. I was to dark and “ethnic looking” to be good enough for the white people, and to light and Jewish looking to be good enough for the Hispanic people around me.
I grew up in a very blended family. With people of all races and ethnicities. From two of my sisters being black, to me and my twin being latino, to more. It was just always like that.
My life was filled with culture. When I was involved with my dad’s side of the family I was constantly exposed to the Latino and Jewish culture. It was amazing. My whole family on my dad’s side spoke Spanish so I was exposed to a lot of Hispanic culture. My whole family on my dad’s side was proud to be Hispanic and Jewish. They were just like that.
My own journey with my race and ethnicity is hard. I don’t look not white, but I don’t look white enough. And that’s been my whole life. From microagressions being thrown my way, to the classic “what are you?” Being asked. I’ve seen it all. I’m everyday trying to connect to my roots, but everyday itself is a constant self image battle of “who am I?” “What am I?”
Just some late night thoughts and rambling.
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arkipelagic · 4 months
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Barangay: Sixteenth-Century Philippine Culture and Society (1994) by William Henry Scott
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youngfcs · 1 month
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[ FEMALE FCS OF CHINESE DESCENT ] - Part 1
Anna Cathcart (2003) - Born in Canada | Chinese and Irish descent
Brianne Tju (1998) - Born in USA | Chinese and Indonesian descent
Chase Sui Wonders (1996) - Born in USA | Chinese (father's side) and European (mother's side)
Elkie Chong (1998) -  Born in Hong Kong | Chinese descent
Fernanda Ly (1995) -  Born in Australia | Chinese, and possibly, Vietnamese descent
Genevieve Kang (1992) - Born in Canada | Chinese (father's side) and Portuguese (mother's side) descent
Jessica Sula (1994) - Born in Wales | Chinese, Afro-Trinidadian (mother's side), Estonian and German (father's side) descent
Kristin Kreuk (1982) - Born in Canada | Chinese [Born in Indonesia] (mothe's side), Chinese-Jamaican (maternal grandmother's side) and Dutch (father's side) descent
Leah Lewis (1996) - Born in China | Chinese descent
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suguruslut · 2 months
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When Dick gets in a fight at school after being called a racial slur, Bruce dives into researching about how to help his child deal with racism, learning a lot about his son's identity (and his own) in the process.
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night-market-if · 2 months
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I’m really fond of the game and its diversity but I was wondering what are the ethnicities of the characters
So I actually haven't assigned true ethnicities to the characters. I thought about it in the beginning but as I continued to write and the characters grew and evolved, it didn't make sense anymore to do that. They live in a world that is founded by ancient beings while people from different worlds and realms enter into the Night Market constantly. The RO's are all from very different realms as well. Having what we could identify as a certain ethnicity or culture didn't quite seem fitting. And I haven't been writing any of them based on a specific culture either.
I almost want the Night Market to stand on its own. That these characters have a background of this world. Hazel and Malcolm were born in the Night Market so that makes sense. Milo doesn't remember his home. And while Bella and Gabe do remember their home, Gabriel's was also a diverse extraterrestrial kind of place and Bella is a completely different being than before.
I think it is a really interesting tool for writers to use to draw on different ethnicities for their novels and I love reading true BiPOC books in order to learn more about different cultures. But, it didn't seem to fit in this IF for me.
Thank you for such a wonderful ask anon!
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politicsofcanada · 1 year
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"Everyone has heard the whispers of country clubs denying membership based on background or beliefs, and one Ontario private community is making zero effort to hide its rule of ethnic exclusivity in a perplexing real estate listing that has quietly sat on the market since 2022.
The listing advertises the typical features you'd associate with a small-town home, along with its country club-specific lifestyle and the associated membership fees. But the home description kind of goes off the rails in the last few sentences of the listing, stating that any prospective buyer must be of "Ukrainian descent" to qualify for purchase.
Hold the phone. What?
Time to dive into the law books for a look at the Ontario Human Rights Code.
Under Part 1 (Freedom from Discrimination), section 2 (Accommodation) of the Code, "Every person has a right to equal treatment with respect to the occupancy of accommodation, without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability or the receipt of public assistance."
A handful of these classifications most definitely seem to point towards there being some pretty glaring issues with maintaining restrictive covenants limiting non-Ukrainians from purchasing a home.
In short, all signs point to 'you can't do this in Ontario.'
When asked directly if this listing is, in fact, legal, Rayissa Palmer, the broker associated with the listing, told blogTO, "That's a very good question," and then proceeded to describe the complexities of this community without ever directly addressing the opening query."
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Tagging: @allthecanadianpolitics
This is super illegal and unethical. Their argument is that technically you wouldn't own the land, you'd be a member. And that no one has challenged the legality of this yet. It's time someone challenged the legality of this.
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incognitopolls · 3 months
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lotusinjadewell · 2 years
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Traditional costumes of ethic minority people in North Vietnam. Credit to Nguyễn Sơn Tùng.
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llyfrenfys · 6 months
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how is welsh not an ethnicity? /gen bc at this point i genuinely don't think i know what an ethnicity is! on forms it tends to be skin colour, but when i google it there's always an emphasis on culture.
This one is a bit of a sticky topic since it is a situation where the same words can mean slightly different things to different people and conflation between similar words is common.
I'm going to use a crochet metaphor for this since it is a non-problematic version of the same problem. So, in crochet, there are various different kinds of stitches, the most common being single and double crochet. However, in the US and the UK, there are terminology differences which can get confusing since they refer to similar (yet distinct) stitches. What is called 'Single Crochet' in the US is called 'Double Crochet' in the UK. And what the US calls 'Double Crochet' is called 'Treble Crochet' in the UK. This kind of thing happens all the time in various situations - be it a hobby, a topic or a concept, linguistic differences can arise in two or more groups which leads to all groups involved using the same terminology, but it meaning wildly different things to different people.
This is the situation when it comes to defining race and ethnicity. Like crochet, in the English-speaking world, the US uses the terms race and ethnicity differently to how the UK does it. Ditto for other Anglophone nations like Australia, New Zealand etc. But for simplicity I will just focus on the US and UK for now. [Note: there will be many caveats and nuanced things which will require a pinch of salt in my answer here, so do keep in mind I'm simplifying a lot here to avoid this post from getting too long]. This is also where I introduce a third term to the mix: Nationality. Nationality is our 'Treble Crochet' in this metaphor.
Ethnicity:
As you point out, on forms ethnicity sometimes is used to refer to skin colour, but in other circumstances there's more of an emphasis on culture. This is where the different people using the same terms for different things starts to cause problems. Using the forms example as a jumping off point, when you fill in a form and get to the section titled ethnicity, the options can often be quite confusing since some of them appear to refer to race, while others do not. In 2021 England and Wales had a census and the government made a list of ethnicities here from the results:
"The main changes to the 2021 Census of England and Wales, compared with the previous Census, were: -the ‘Roma’ group was added under the ‘White’ ethnic group -a write-in response was added for the ‘Black African’ ethnic group"
This, as you can probably see, already has Some Issues. For example, Roma are a distinct ethnic group, but have here been put under the category of white (which is a more racial classification), when many Roma would not identify this way. Some would identify this way- but the problem lies within the creation of rigid boxes with no room for overlap. Ethnicity as a concept overlaps with nationality a fair bit, since there is no agreed upon definition for either term. Things get complicated when some people approach ethnicity with solely race in mind, while others approach ethnicity with solely nationality in mind. Ethnicity can be informed by race and nationality- however - that can get sticky fast depending on context. Just focusing on Wales, however, I would argue Welshness is only informed by nationality and culture, not race. To argue there is a racial component to being Welsh would mean arguing that Welsh people have significant racial identifiers which distinguish them from the neighbouring Scottish and English- as well as the rest of Europe in general. And this, inevitably is how fascism happens. It also raises red flags to go down this road simply because by default, these arguments disqualify nonwhite people from being Welsh at all and we all know what happens when certain white traits are idolised over others...
On the other hand, considering ethnicity from a purely nationality and culture-based approach is much more suitable for Wales as it encapsulates what comes to mind when one thinks of Wales and Welshness. Welsh national dishes and traditional dress are not tied to race in any way. Race simply has not been significant to the formation of Welshness amongst its neighbours (England- more distantly Scotland and Ireland). Whereas race *is* significant to the conception of ethnicity of other nations in the world, such as Aboriginal Australians, whose modern conception of ethnicity is tied to their race in contrast with the arrival of white Australians. In other words, Aboriginal Australians are a racialised people while Welsh people are not. Ergo, it is a highly individual thing as to whether certain nations find race important to their ethnic identity or not.
Official forms may list "White, Welsh" as an option for ethnicity, however, this does not imply that white Welsh people are a separate race to "White, English", "White, Scottish" or "White, Northern Irish" or vice versa, it is more of an appeasement by the government in the census to allow people from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to be able to identify as Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish where they ordinarily would have to begrudgingly select "British". That being said, the government should add "Black, Welsh" etc. options as well, but their absence here is governmental laziness than anything else (they have a box on the census to 'write-in' any ethnicity option not available on the list) so that avoids them from having to formally add in these as options. The bottom line is- it is not possible to be 'racially ethnically Welsh' but it is possible to be 'culturally ethnically Welsh'. Despite this, the latter designation is shied away from simply because 'ethnically Welsh/English/Scottish/Northern Irish' in any context is a dogwhistle used by white supremacists. Most people tend to identify as Welsh/English/Scottish/Northern Irish without any racial component to that identity for this reason.
Nationality:
Nationality is a little easier to define (but cannot be pinned down 100% for a few reasons) but the simplest definition of nationality relates to the country you were born in or are a citizen of. Nationality is not fixed and can change. However, the problems with defining nationality this way is that there are many nations which are not recognised as such internationally. Take Wales for an example- Wales is a country or a nation but it is part of the United Kingdom, which is a State. Here too is where a US/UK divide springs up, since in the US state can refer to the individual States which make up the US. While elsewhere State generally refers to a country or nation with international recognition on the world stage. The US is a State, so is the UK in this metric.
[Important to note that the US is not the only country to have states within it- the system of states within a country is called Federalism and many countries have this system. E.g. Australia has many states, but none of those states are separate countries. Neither are US states (i.e. Oregon is not a separate entity to the US on an international level- it does not send diplomats to the rest of the US or other countries, for example. Ergo it is a constituent part of the US, not separate to it. Ditto the other 48 states on Mainland America. Hawaii is *different*). Part of the confusion stems from the tendency for Americans to view their states as if they were separate countries within a regional organisation, however, this is a misunderstanding of Federalism. Many Americans point to the EU and assume the EU is a country with lots of little European 'states' (small 's') within it. This is false- the EU is essentially just a club the European countries are part of. It's like saying NATO is a country- if you understand how that wouldn't make sense, that's also how calling the EU a country doesn't make sense. Members of the EU like Germany also have Federalism- e.g. Germany has 16 states.]
Back to the point- Wales is a nation which exists within the UK alongside England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is possible to get a passport as a citizen of the United Kingdom, but impossible to get a Welsh, English, Scottish or Northern Irish passport. The same way you can get a US passport but not a Maine passport etc. The stickiness lies within the fact that Wales is indisputably a nation, but legally it is not possible to be a citizen of Wales. All people who live or are born in Wales are citizens of the United Kingdom by default. Therefore, defining nationality strictly on where you're born or where you move to live is exclusionary of many nations that aren't Nations (capital 'N'). See also: the Native American Nations that exist within the US who also don't have international recognition as separate nations which can issue (legally recognised) passports. The goal of Welsh nationalism is to establish Wales as an independent country to the United Kingdom, similar to the Scottish independence movement for Scotland. Hence why someone's Nationality can be Welsh without Wales legally being a separate country.
Race:
I have touched on why race isn't relevant to Welshness already a little bit, but I will add a little more here too.
There is a tendency from many people in the US (specifying US as there seems to be a real culture for it there) to identify with a country they have an ancestor from. There isn't anything wrong with celebrating your own heritage. However, this is where the US and rest of the world tend to define things differently. It is not uncommon to find any European lamenting (some) Americans who identify as the country that European is from based purely on having one ancestor from that country hundreds of years ago. This is down to the US conception of race and the racial climate specific to the US (and only the US). E.g, you may get many people in the US who are proud Irish-Americans and go around claiming Irishness because of having 'Irish blood'* from their great-great-great-great grandmother on their father's side (*another dogwhistle which many who do this are not aware of). This, and it cannot be stressed enough, does NOT go down well in Europe. 'X country's blood' harks back to the conception of ethnicity which includes racial aspects- which as I've explained, is a white supremacist dogwhistle. It also very clearly has parallels with 'blood quantum'.
The other complication is that 'Irish-American' to a European would generally be understood to mean someone with dual nationality in Ireland and the US. This terminology is overwhelmingly US based and as such, US concepts of race butt heads with how it is defined in other parts of the world. E.g. in the US it has been common to refer to black Americans as African-American (regardless of how inaccurate that can be) to the point where the term black and African-American are synonymous. This leads to the black British actor Idris Elba being called African-American, when that makes no sense outside of a US context. Furthermore, UK and US terminology differs in other ways. The US uses the acronym POC to refer to People of Colour, while in the UK BAME is sometimes used for Black, Asian, Minority Ethnicities [caveat both have their own issues which we will not get into here].
Bringing this back to Welshness, there is no racial component to being Welsh, ergo race is not a factor in someone's Welshness.
Summary:
Ethnicity is something that may be informed by both race, culture and nationality, just race, just culture or just nationality. Whichever of those a given people has is informed by the historical evolution of the people and its relationship with other peoples. Certain combinations of the above are more suitable for certain peoples than others.
Nationality is something which is usually formally bestowed upon an individual based on either where they were born or if they move and naturalise as a citizen of somewhere different to where they were born. It can also be something which is informally adopted by a person living in or identifying with a nation not currently recognised as independent by the international community, but is nonetheless extant and may even be campaigning for Statehood. Lack of international recognition is not a barrier to national identity.
Race is something which is also bestowed at birth and consists of a set of traits or features associated with different racial groups, such as skin colour.
I hope that this has been useful and informative. Since you're on anon I don't know where you are from exactly, but I hope this at least leaves you feeling less confused. As with all things, there are many asterisks and pinches of salt, so do not take this for gospel. Rather think for yourself and do some research around some of the topics I've mentioned here to get more informed on the topic.
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art-the-f-up · 4 months
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what’s your nationality/ethnicity? Out of curiosity since someone called you bhai
I am Pakistani/Pakhtun, from the zai tribe. Which is a funny combination because yes I do know urdu but my primary language is pashto and my ancestors never considered themselves a part of pakistan.
But yeah that's probably why they called me bhai.
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thatcreepydoll · 3 months
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my lotf ethnicity headcanons 😁 feel free to agree/disagree/headcanon these
ralph is polish-british, both his parents having polish in them, but his dad being mostly british. he speaks fluent english and is close to fluent polish
jack is british/irish/german. both his parents are british, but his dad is irish and his mum is german. he speaks fluent english and german and knows basic irish. when he gets angry, a soft german accent slips into his voice
piggy is mostly british with a little bit of french. french runs in his mum’s side. he speaks fluent english, french, and surprisingly enough german
simon is indian-british. his mum is indian and his dad is british. he would be monoethnic indian like his sisters and mum, but that man left, leaving his mum to move to britain and find a nice british man to marry. he speaks fluent english and hindi.
roger is dominican-british. his dad is dominican and his mum is british. his mum also has a bit of italian running in her side of the family. he speaks fluent english and spanish. when frustrated (or lazy ig lol) a dominican accent will come into his voice
sam and eric are russian-british. their mum is russian and their dad is british. their dad has a tiny bit of russian on his side of the family. they speak fluent english and partial russian
maurice is italian-british. he is mostly italian, as his mum is almost entirely italian and his dad is italian-british as well. he speaks fluent english and italian, but speaks italian better than english. he carries a light italian accent.
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