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myriam or 마리네 / 마리
The Ethnic Background
I Found a difficulty when I was fill a forms and it toke me moment to find the answer about " The Ethnic Background" as is well known by Race ... What's ur definition of the Ethnic Affiliationand ? and IDENTIFY urs plz without race-bias or racism .
19 août 2008 19:34
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Hello Myriam .
There is no intended racism in the query about your ethnic background .
Yet there is a difference between your nationality (your country of origin ) and your ethnic background .
For example you might be born in Chile or Columbia and your ethnic background would be Hispo american. You might be born in Tunisia and your ethnic background is Arab African.
You might be a Chinese born in china and your ethnic background is Asian .You might be born in Kenya and your ethnic background is Black African.
You could check this detailed definition of ethnicity :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_group
to better understand what it really refers to ,because the concept is a bit complex .To determine your ethnicity could be built on shared cultural , geographical , religious, linguistic traits ,some or all of them ,so it is a bit vague .
21 août 2008
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Ethnic background means which country you were born in.You usually have to fill it in for official forms eg a passport.
19 août 2008
1
well, i think it's about which race do you belong to. I find that really stupid since we are all human beings. beside, take my exemple: I'm Tunisian, so do i have to define my ethnic group as African or as Arabic ??
20 août 2008
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Please dont feel offened.:) Thats just asking abt your born nationality. :)
I am Chinese and Im Asian.
:)
20 août 2008
I fully agree with Jura that Ethnic background means which country you were born in.You usually have to fill it in for official forms eg a passport etc so don't feel offended.
20 août 2008
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myriam or 마리네 / 마리
Compétences linguistiques
Arabe, Chinois (taïwanais), Anglais, Français, Coréen
Langue étudiée
Chinois (taïwanais), Coréen
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