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**dayclaccikere** · 05-09-2011, 07:32 PM

In some cases, and to some extent overall, I would say that ethnicities are socially constructed. It is mostly just a matter of identity, and views do vary about who belongs to which ethnicity sometimes. Some think that you have to be "full-blooded", while others think that "neighbours" who grew up among them are fine as well. Then there are those who like to think that anyone who was born in their country belongs to them.

We have of course the Latin American countries, and the African Americans, where genetic ancestry varies among the individuals within the groups, but they still identify as certain ethnicites.

05-09-2011, 07:32 PM	#4
dayclaccikere Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 399 Senior Member	In some cases, and to some extent overall, I would say that ethnicities are socially constructed. It is mostly just a matter of identity, and views do vary about who belongs to which ethnicity sometimes. Some think that you have to be "full-blooded", while others think that "neighbours" who grew up among them are fine as well. Then there are those who like to think that anyone who was born in their country belongs to them. We have of course the Latin American countries, and the African Americans, where genetic ancestry varies among the individuals within the groups, but they still identify as certain ethnicites.
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