between+race+and+nationality

What is the difference between Race and Ethnicity? The reason I chose to research this question is becuase when we had our first class discussion about race, we got nationality involved, and then I started thinking and asking myself the difference between the two. I thought at first they had the same meaning but after doing some research, I have come to a definite conclusion that their definitions are different.

Definitions: Ex. The German race, Indian race, Japanese race. []
 * Race**- It's a group of people classified together based on their history/ancestry, or geographic distribution. We have shared language, culture, and traditions( festivals, something you celebrate yearly)

Ex. Her ethnicity is Indian. []
 * Ethicity-** It pertains to a characteristic of people, especially a group (ethnic group) sharing a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like.

Regarding race, I personally think that we have no control over what race we are or how we are thought of by other people based on our race. For example, if someone were of of Japanese descent, they wouldn't be able to change that, nor would they be able to change they way people view them as being a Japanese person.

All in all, the main difference between race and nationality is race is classifies people by their personal history and nationality is the actual country a person is from.

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