A lot of people around the world think of race as the color of their skin, when race is a group that shares physical traits. When looking at people you’re looking at their physical appearances such as their eyes, height, hair, nose etc. This is what separates one group from another. Within race you have ethnicity “which is a person origin, language and / or cultural religious practices.” Since ethnicity is based on self identity other groups may not accept or acknowledge a person who doesn’t speak their language. For example, someone that is in a third generation may identify themselves as Italian but does not speak the Italian language; which could possibly mean that other Italians may view this person as a non “authentically Italian”.
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What I mean by this is that if someone is living in a poor neighborhood it’s more likely that the person may not even have access to resources to help themselves or being able to get out a neighborhood that’s in poverty. When there’s a case like this, it stops individuals from pursuing their dream. Neighborhood’s like this are viewed as a minority because of the “less power” that they have. The reason they don’t receive what they need is because of discrimination, and that’s what stops them from moving forward with their lives in today’s society. In the 20th century minorities became part of the dominant group by assimilation. Groups of ethnicity easily absorbed themselves in the more dominant culture. In the United States we use the term the “melting pot” a way that different ethnic groups blended together. In a country like the United States people are learning other different languages other than their own, but at the same time ethnics groups still keep their tradition, culture, and beliefs which is known as a the term “ salad bowl” rather than the term “ melting pot”. Groups have to now accept another differences of their race and