Ethnic majority
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An ethnic majority describes the numerical dominance of individuals of an
An ethnic majority generally contrasts with ethnic minorities within a certain population, such as
In Anglo-Saxon countries, ethnicity as well as race are registered in official statistics, based on self-reported identification by the individual, for example in view to discover discrimination. In for example Scandinavian countries, no official statistics is kept on ethnicity or race. According to the European
In the context of
Ethnicity is sometimes confused with race, which however is defined based on heritage from a certain continent. The zoological meaning of race cannot be applied to humans since race can not be identified unambiguously from biological features such as skin color. It is disputed to what extent race can be identified using genetics.
For example, White Americans are the ethnic majority in the United States.
Further reading
- Campbell-Stephens, Rosemary M. Campbell. Educational Leadership and the Global Majority: Decolonising Narratives. Palgrave Macmillan Cham. ISBN 9783030882822.
See also
References
- ^ "ethnicity: definition of ethnicity". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on May 5, 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ^ People, James; Bailey, Garrick (2010). Humanity: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (9th ed.). Wadsworth Cengage learning. p. 389.
In essence, an ethnic group is a named social category of people based on perceptions of shared social experience or one's ancestors' experiences. Members of the ethnic group see themselves as sharing cultural traditions and history that distinguish them from other groups. Ethnic group identity has a strong psychological or emotional component that divides the people of the world into opposing categories of "us" and "them." In contrast to social stratification, which divides and unifies people along a series of horizontal axes on the basis of socioeconomic factors, ethnic identities divide and unify people along a series of vertical axes. Thus, ethnic groups, at least theoretically, cut across socioeconomic class differences, drawing members from all strata of the population.
- ^ "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
- PMID 20539823.