Race Vs Ethnicity

It is not quite uncommon to hear others say “you are what you are today because of what you’ve been in the past”. Typically, the past can dictate the future, it’s a guide that can envision forthcoming events, it is a measuring scale, and often paves the way for how things ought to be in the future. Race and ethnicity have been primal to the evolution of humanity throughout time and as history progressed. The source of Homo sapiens has been pinpointed to Africa over two hundred thousand years ago, to a time in which it seemed like race and ethnicity would be thought of as nonexistence. Humans have voyaged from the origin of life to many other parts of the world adapting as they go along which allowed their skin to produce different amounts …show more content…
For the most part, ethnicity is more unsolidified than race, one can be conglomerated with several ethnicities, but can only identify as one race. In any context, our race is judged and categorized as for how people see us based on skin color, hair texture, bone structures, eye shape etc. And thus we have no control as to how people view us. As a result, the ultimate dissimilarity between race and ethnicity is, race is socially imposed and classified while ethnicity is more of a question of …show more content…
Race and ethnicity have a major effect on my life and the choices I make, it plays a significant role in who I am and the decisions I will construct. Race plays a crucial aspect in my daily life, it molds the way my life is now and will be in the future. Growing up as a foreigner in the U.S, a lot of my encounters with race have been mainly adverse. My race has allowed me to fall victim of stereotyping based on my skin color I’ve always been thought to be smart in science and math, however, people naturally presume me to have a lack of imagination or articulate skills. There have been times in which I was shopping in stores and I’ve been stigmatized by employees who work there because they see my complexion and automatically think of me as a non-luxurious individual. There have been times in which I have gone for interviews for jobs that I feel like I was over qualified for and I have not gotten them because of my background. Although it may not seem like the effect of race is not so visible in my life, it may present itself in many aspects of my life like, my ability to get a student loan, qualify for a credit card, get a viable job in my profession, or live in a good

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