Ethnicity Studies Essay Examples and Topics

In an effort to understand ethnocentrism which is defined as, the tendency to believe that one's cultural beliefs and their culture's ethnic values to be superior to others.

The idea of a child according to Montgomery and Kellett refers to a representation of a whole category of young people that are identified by their age and intellectual development and also their social maturity [...]

The community speaks the Kikuyu language. Kenya's Kikuyu people are the most popular and largest ethnic group.

The mass migration of people leads to the fact that the population of the country is constantly growing, new nations come, and cultures are mixed, forming the so-called "melting pot".

The characteristic that makes this short story stand out among Morrison's other works is its novelty, which is expressed in the descriptions of the two main characters or rather the intentional avoidance of certain of [...]

In conclusion, the understanding of the term "leisure time" depends on the individual point of view and attitude of the person rather than on the type or the location of the activity.

The article by Gino Del Guercio "The Secrets of Haiti's Living Dead" tells the story of a man who comes to the village l'Estere to a woman named Angelina Narcisse, and introduces himself as her [...]

The book ends with the author claiming that the purpose was to enlighten the reader about the life and beliefs of the tribe without being judgmental and one feels that the author has succeeded in [...]

Isfahan on the other hand is a smaller city with a population of just 500,000. Furthermore the traditional culture is still alive in this city and most of the people here are very religious.

This practice encourages more individuals to support and follow the teachings of the religion. The above practices make it possible for members of this culture to have a sustainable lifestyle.

It is important to note that the role of ethnicity as the significant factor of the individual's development associated with the person's identity can be discussed from several different perspectives which are the personal identity, [...]

In the Jewish culture - both in the classical and the ancient time - the family formed and still is a basic unit of the society and whose role in the sustenance and development of [...]

In the following paper, the nature of the Mexican-United States border and the way it affects human identities will be discussed on the basis of Tommy Lee Jones' film "The 3 Burials of Melquiades Estrada" [...]

The main social behavior identified in George's work is ethnicity under which the 'inferior' ethnic groups are fighting to gain power.

In this presentation, I will discuss the indigenous and English settlements in Australia and how these affected the state's culture and the national holidays.

By examining how learning takes place between Asian Americans, it emerges that we are more intelligent than the rest of the population, in addition, it also emerges that the environment has something to do with [...]

The Nacirema, who have managed to live under exotic customs, have devoted themselves to the rituals of the body, where the emphasis has been put on the appearance and health of society.

Through the whole story, the readers may see that under the pressure of life in Chinatown, and especially under the pressure of financial struggles, the members of Ona's family engage in practices that are disapproved [...]

The Asian-American culture for instance, emphasizes on values such as loyalty to the family and respect for adults and people in positions of leadership.

This paper's objective is to examine the peculiarities of the cultural and religious background of the Armenian ethnic minority, history of its development, and features of the cultural events inside the community.

As a result, the population of the country was forced to adapt to rapid cultural changes and flow of expatriates who came to the country to study and work.

The paper critically looks into the meanings and purposes of tattoos in the two communities as used in the past in juxtaposition with how the tattoos are used today and associated meanings.

Released in 2007, the film chronicles the lives of an Indian couple and their children as they attempt to adjust to the cultural dynamics involved in emigrating from West Bengal in India, to the US, [...]

Much of what we know of ancient culture is brought to us in the form of stories, either the stories of the descendants or the stories of the conquering outsiders.

In assuring innovation in the makeup of African American women, designers must aim to comprehend the significance and comprehension of the African art culture.

The Reservation of the Blackfoot Indians is the place of residence to over 17 thousand members of the given nation and spans 1,5 million acres.

Another difference between the two terms is that genocide is the systematic and widespread destruction of particular segment of the population or specific group of people, ethnic cleansing on the other hand is understood as [...]

The primary goal of this essay is to discuss the contribution of Muslim Americans, Mexican Americans, and Greek Americans to the social, economic, and cultural growth of the country while introducing innovations, values, and cultural [...]

Therefore, the primary strategy, in this case, is to study the cultural characteristics of the representative of the Spanish ethnic group and to impose interest in this aspect.

Integration is the process through which immigrants become a member of their new community and is a delicate and crucial transition from outsider to insider.

Frederick II was an Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire who had a complicated relationship with Jews and Muslims. The article focused on how Frederick II treated Jews and Muslims differently to maintain a balance [...]

Hence, the concept of race as a social construct it is human-invented and was also created to identify physical differences between people.

They were located in the regions covering the Yucatan Peninsula, modern-day Guatemala, Belize, parts of the Mexican states of Tabasco and Chiapas, and the western parts of Honduras and El Salvador.

The ethnic diversity of the Middle East is mirrored in the number of languages spoken. Due to the large number of Arabs in the Middle East, Islam is the most popular and widely practiced religion, [...]

Cultural differences in the Middle East are primarily reflected by the languages and, more specifically, the existence of their numerous dialects in the area.

Constant exposure to the discrimination of their origins puts a threat to the proper preservation of the authentic culture of the M ori due to the unwillingness of other people to understand, accept, and celebrate [...]

The voice of Afro-Peruvians is extremely weakly expressed in the political and social space - in particular, the majority of representatives of this ethnic group are not able to receive basic medical care.

I mention in my work that LGBT people among Asian Americans are more commonly referred to as 'Americans.' I found confirmation of this when I read reviews and reviews of the film.

The view of the Department on nature seems utterly instrumental and mechanistic for the tribe, and they do not understand it; in addition, such a view contradicts their tradition significantly and can even lead to [...]

In the article of Michelle Daigle, "he juxtaposes the spatiality of colonial governance reproduced through recognition-based strategies with the relational geographies lived through everyday practices of self-determination that are rooted in place-based Indigenous ontologies".

According to Reynolds, not only is race a central element of history and culture, but it also determines the writing and reading of history.

The history of American society is long and complex, including the struggles of Latinx and Mexican communities against discrimination, unequal interpersonal relationships and educational restrictions, and the ways how to share feelings and intentions.

Furthermore, outside the perspectives of the UK, the article raises the questions of collective social identity in relation to race and ethnicity.

The traditional residency of the Blackfoot people was in Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada and in the northern parts of Montana in the United States.

The Navajo have been living in the Southwest of the USA for thousands of years. To modern Navajos, ancient traditions still determine their attitude to life: they follow the "Way of life," declaring harmony with [...]

Diversity also brought out in “Fresh off the Boat” through comparison of Asian-American family values and Caucasian-American ones.

The categorization of individuals in terms of ethnicity is based on a combination of primary or inherited aspects, such as race and genetics, and secondary or acquired ones, including language, dialect, culture, religion, tradition, and [...]

The studies of the human genome in the past led to a belief that race is a constant that defines a set of characteristics to which an individual of this race will be predisposed.

A stereotype is a common or popular belief about certain people or behaviors of certain individuals. People from different cultures have different stereotypes.

The conflict, which threads through the short story, is caused by Fyodorov's sense of dissatisfaction with his life and a desire to achieve more.

However, with the recent protests and the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement, more and more people start to believe that discrimination exists.

In addition, it illustrates the experiences of black people and their effect in the society. The African need for importance and recognition led to the formation of the black history month, which is still celebrated [...]

The author of this essay believes that the cause of the difference is in these states' usage of the institutions left behind by the colonizers.

For the population of favelas as portrayed in the City of God, the isolation from the rest of the city is a default condition normal in the context of their daily lives.

The article "The Domestication of Amazonia before European Conquest" attempts to provide evidence of the density of population on the territory of Amazonia despite the current determination of its sparsity.

The relevance of Hegel's philosophical and psychoanalytical approach is seen through his effectiveness in addressing the themes, connected with perennial problems of human thought.

Urban told the people that Jerusalem was covered with blood of Christians and that this war would free the land that was rightfully theirs and that it must be taken back in the name of [...]

Overall, the play Peach Blossom Fan and the film The Last Emperor shed much light on the important events in the history of China including the fall of emperorship and the historical developments that occur [...]

This is a tradition to them and it is done by the Hopi women. The Hopi basketry is a symbolism of tradition connecting the past, present, and future and specifically reflects their religion and agriculture.

The influence of these factors on the cuisine development is analyzed to understand how Hokkaido's cuisine was in the past and will be in the future.

Such were the Aztec and Mayans in the Americas; such were the Indian tribes and the many native tribes of Australia.

The Transnational Tamils in Sri Lanka are a section of Tamilians pushing for the creation of an independent Tamil-dominated nation in the north and east of the country.

Green Gift group; why are the locals against or in support of the plan; what are the issues in conflict between the locals and the council, the green Gift and the council, the locals and [...]

The Hourani are also known as Aucas; a term which means "the people of the jungle" Since a higher percentage of the population were fearless warriors, the Hourani are war-like people.

The major theme of this ethnography was to come out with factors that were possibly contributing to the wiping out of the Ainu and their culture.

Touching issues of morality and self-justification are distinctive features of Chinese literature."Suspicions of immorality or amorality are hard to dispel in discourses devoted to the delineation and judgment of beauty", outlines Wai-Yee Li in his [...]

In this novel, the young energetic people move to the city to look for work that is not available in the villages they were born.

Chinese restaurants and groceries are very common around the world and the increase is notable in America. Ashish: there was a great opportunity in the US and still is to establish a healthy eating food [...]

The article also seeks to give a detailed elaboration of the concepts and methodological approaches that can be taken in the quest to address the issue of interethnic systems while putting emphasis on the critical [...]

On the other hand, the active involvement of the mother in the child's life as well as the nature of the father's occupation were found to act as mitigating factors to the quality of the [...]

In order to fulfill my interests, I always ensure that I make good use of every opportunity I get by interacting a lot with the people I meet.

This paper will focus on the basic advantages and challenges faced by ethnography today, and on the ways in which the book by Narayan discloses the fundamentals of the modern ethnography.

This facts of his biography that cover this participation include organizing the branch of the American Indian Movement in Cleveland, the participation in costumed protests in Plymouth, a symbolic demonstration in Mount Rushmore, the protests [...]

While, the Hmong people themselves do not know what the name Hmong really means there are some westerners who were somehow curious in studying the Hmong people and were swayed that Hmong signifies free men.until [...]

Much of what we know of ancient culture is brought to us in the form of stories; either the stories of the descendants of the stories of outsiders.

The Japanese learned to view the world from the perspective of traditional versus modern values after the Meiji Restoration in 1868 following the opening of Japan's doors to the world.

The main contribution of the book is that it tells us about the style of life of African people, about their rituals and traditions by the very participant of that life, not by the side [...]

Italian Americans are defined as Italian immigrants living in the United States of America or someone born in the United States with an Italian heritage.

The Euro-Americans ignored reservation boundaries; they used the weakness of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which was not able to defend the sanctity of the reservations.

The purpose of current essay is to provide the analysis of Thanksgiving Day's historical cultural patterns of celebration in the past and now.

The religion was also affected and they used the church as an economic producer where they got money by forcing the people to pay any activity that was to be done to them by the [...]

According to the analysis in these countries majority of these people are catholic, that is 70 %, the Protestants are 23%, and 6% have no affiliation.

It borders the Pacific Ocean on the west and south, on the north is the United States; on the east, it borders the Gulf of Mexico.

The videos I watched made me change the way I saw the relationships between Europeans and Aboriginal peoples in Canada and understood the peculiarities of their cultures, issues, and existing stereotypes.

The Hohokam culture was concentrated in the region of the American Southwest and consisted of a cluster of small villages spread across the Gila River banks.

After sovereign tribes were resettled by the US government and the reservations' boundaries became ultimately fixed, Native Americans were exposed to the influence of the western culture.

As it is said in the lectures by Harvey and Allard, the issue of discrimination is not only based on the factors of race or ethnicity.

The actions of the colonists in America toward the native Indian populations were based on the desire to gain the economic benefits, and the institution of slavery with all its features was also developed because [...]

The editor attempts to inject the element of Christianity in addressing the ill effects of racism. The presence of several cultures and the dominance of just a few of these cultures culminated in the practice [...]

Multi-Facial is a short film which discusses the issues of race and ethnicity in the society and film industry. The film demonstrates how amulti-facial' Mike attends several auditions and changes such markers of the race [...]

In the chapter, the author lists a number of different approaches to studying the position of women in society. This is a very interesting application and extension of the ideas expressed in Peggy Macintosh's article [...]

However, this article certainly is a warning about how to listen to the way people use language, and perhaps ask questions about specific words and phrases.

Now, by reading the article "The Cult of Ethnicity, Good and Bad" we are asked to maintain the same open-mindedness as the article begins to highlight the struggles of ethnic groups within our borders and [...]

Even though these people had to leave their motherland, parts of their souls are in that land and people stick to their core values as they still feel the connection.

This place is now known as the new Chinatown and it is the first Chinese closed society in the country to be designed and owned by Chinese Americans.

Women are supposed to submit to their husbands and to play the role of a mother, house wife and caregiver. Congenital malformations and genetic disorders are known to cause a significant high number of deaths [...]

Due to this, there are several fine arts centers that bear witness to the influence of art in the State, for instance, the High museum of art, Telfair Museum of Art, among others; moreover, the [...]

That being said, regardless of the narrow focus on the life of Muslim women in America, the article is more than just a mere description of the author's story and the video created by her.

The Tarai people are traditionally from the plains in the South of Nepal. The overthrow of the Rana dynasty in 1951 opened Nepal to the outside world, allowing Western missions into the country for the [...]

The traditions and cultures of people that make up the populations of the United States and Canada are filled with unique experiences and events that have changed the norms of the past and present.

The discussion of the ethnicity was quite eye-opening the adolescents noted that they were proud of being Native Americans and were ready to reveal and emphasize their cultural heritage.

That said, if a location was primarily inhabited by the people of one race, then the newcomers belonging to other races would inevitably become a minority because they do not have a strong presence and [...]

The most popular of the two dialects is the Kurmanji, it is the language of communication for most of the Kurds today.

This ambiguity results in the variety of issues ranging from the lack of the standard results and conclusions on any given study to the degradation of the quality of the research and the emergence of [...]

In line with understanding the origins of the Adinkra, the aim of this paper is to trace the evolution of the Adinkra and determine its connection with the African-American quilt.

Scott has focussed on the condition of people living in the mountainous region of Zomia and the reasons behind their choice to stay away from the state.

The civilization of these people faced strong influences from the people in the non-Maya cultures which include the Olmecs of Mexico and the Izapa cultures of people who lived in the Pacific coast.

The experiences of people living in ethnic enclaves have long attracted the attention of many scholars, journalists and writers because they want to understand how these communities are formed, and how the residents of these [...]

The paper goes further to discuss the influence of mobile phones on ethnographic blending and the impact of social movement on social transformation.

Hence, the minority groups adopt the norms and the traditions of the locals so that the latter are enabled to preserve the habitual environment.

The failure to recognize the impact of the ethnic conflict phenomenon is the main reason for the slow response of the Western World in general and the United Nations, in particular to the Rwandan and [...]

According to The Mayan culture, the human body was viewed as a combination of the body and the souls. This means that the blood could communicate to the inner and the outer environment of the [...]

The conversion of the Indios into Christianity, introduced a change in the native language used by the Indios to a Telos language which the Christians opted as the medium for Christian practice.

In this region, the oppression of the poor is evidenced by how the rich treat the poor. This is due to the anthropologists' inability to relate the archeological materials created, used and disposed by the [...]

The very sick patients in the community are taken to the Latipso where they are expected to receive treatment from the most famous medicine men.

The serenity of the place comes from the lake itself and the vegetation surrounding it. The locals associate the blue color of the lake with the royalty of the place.

The story is preserved in myths and is recounted in the ceremony known as 'blessing way' which is the foundation of the Navajo way of life.

Many people see the core of the conflict in the period of European colonization of Africa and especially the first part of the 20th century, when European nationalism spread all over the world.

This was the case among the Armenians who were forced to flee from their homeland by the genocide of 1915. The term "Diaspora" is appropriate for the Armenians living outside the Republic of Armenia since [...]

In her study What is ethnicity and does it matter, Kachan Chandra attempts at defining the phenomenon, and she does so very successfully by introducing the religious influence onto the process of ethnicity shaping into [...]