Ethnicity is based on shared identity based on culture, language, common ancestry, and religion. Some examples of ethnicity include Middle Eastern, Hispanic, Irish, Native American, Jewish, and ...

Race and ethnicity are terms that are sometimes used sloppily, almost interchangeably. But race and ethnicity are not the same thing. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Put another way, race and ethnicity are social and political constructs. Still, they carry enormous consequences in the US, Jiménez and other scholars say. Here’s how to make sense of them.

This article discusses how racial categories, rooted in social history, are used in records and society. It argues race isn’t ...

Race and ethnicity don't show up at the genetic level, but the concept of race still forms the human experience. The four letters of the genetic code —A, C, G, and T—are projected onto Ryan ...

And, genetics has the power to reveal much more about you than just your racial and ethnic identity. For example, by sequencing just a small portion of DNA, scientists can detect your ...

Andrew Sullivan and Freddie Deboer have two pieces up worth checking out. I disagree with Andrew’s (though I detect some movement in his position.) Freddie’s piece is entitled “Precisely How ...

We are continuously working to better understand how Social Security’s programs serve the public. Collecting race and ethnicity data for research and statistical purposes is one way for us to ...

Put another way, race and ethnicity are social and political constructs. Still, they carry enormous consequences in the US, Jiménez and other scholars say. Here’s how to make sense of them.