Nationality vs Race
The difference between nationality and race may be a little hard to understand as these two words are often used together. Nationality and race are two different concepts that are used very often by media and journalism. Though the words have totally different meanings, their usage has created doubts in the minds of the readers. Whereas nationality pertains to the country you were born in, or are in at present, race is the group you belong to depending on your physical characteristics. While nationality is in your hands up to an extent, it is the race that you cannot do anything about. Let us take a closer look at the two concepts.
What is Nationality?
Nationality is the country you were born or the country you live in at present. The piece of land you were born in decides your nationality. So if your parents moved to another country just before your birth, you may have a new country for your nationality. You could also choose to make a country your home. Some people leave their home country when they go to another country for higher studies. If they get better employment in that country, they decide to live there and change their nationality. So, as you can see, you can choose to change your nationality if you want to.
什么是种族?
种族is grouping people into different sets depending on their physical appearance such as bone structures, skin color, hair color, hair texture, etc. What is that comes to your mind when you hear the terms white male, black lady, aCaucasian, a Mongoloid, and so on. These are words that have been used to refer to racial affiliations of people around the world though it is a fact that because of living together of different races and also cross marriages between different races, the distinctions between so called races has blurred to a great extent. The word race is used mostly in a negative tone these days to refer todiscriminationthat is going on in various parts of the world on the basis of color of skin and facial features. The belief that one’s race is superior to others leads people to behave in a certain manner towards others in the society. Who can forget the大屠杀duringWorld War IIwhenJewswere systematically annihilated in Nazi Germany? Who can forget how long Nelson Mandela had to fight against racial discrimination in South Africa for apartheid to be rooted away. Even today, when we take pride in so much of development and advancement, discrimination on the basis of race is going on in so called civilized and developed nations. Also, think about all the atrocities the Black people had to face before they were emancipated by President Abraham Lincoln in America. They had to go through so many hardships. Even today, there are still people who consider black people to be mean and sinful as they have black skin.
What is the difference between Nationality and Race?
There are metropolitan cities in many countries that are described as melting pots of races. This is because of the fact that one can get to see scores of different races and nationalities living in these cities. You may see whites, blacks, Mongoloids, and Caucasians all living in one country, and they all have the same nationality of the country they are living in. Still, they are treated differently as they belong to different races and have distinct cultural identities.
•国籍是您出生的国家或您选择的作为您的家的国家。
•种族是您所展示的物理特征所属于的一群人。这与遗传谱系有关。另外,您会发现来自同一种族的人们通常在根部有一个共同的地理区域
• You can choose to change your nationality, but you cannot change your race.
• One nationality can include people of different races.
•种族一直是歧视的主题。国籍没有种族的问题那么多。
•国籍的例子是美国,英国,巴西,印度,澳大利亚人等。
•种族的例子是高加索人,非裔美国人,蒙古人等。
•国籍将人们局限于一个国家,而种族占领了世界各地的人们,因为现在的种族在世界范围内广泛传播。
图像提供:
- 玛雅·安吉洛(Maya Angelou)by
- The racial diversity of Asia’s peoples, Nordisk familjebok (1904)通过Wikicommons(公共领域)
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