“My ethnicity is Black, but my race is Nigerian.”
Usage Entry 1172 / 1605 60-second read
Race vs. Ethnicity
Physical characteristics versus cultural heritage.
The comparisoni
“My race is Black; my ethnicity is Nigerian — race is physical; ethnicity is cultural.”
The ruleii
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RACE = physical. ETHNICITY = cultural.
RACE categorises people by visible physical characteristics — socially constructed, but tied to appearance. ETHNICITY groups people by shared culture, language, or ancestry — learned, not inherent. Someone can be one race and many ethnicities.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Race = look. Ethnicity = heritage.