No, Russian is not a race. It is a nationality or an ethnicity, referring to people from Russia or of Russian descent. Race refers to a classification based on physical characteristics, while nationality or ethnicity refers to cultural or geographical identities.
Race describes biological descent. Ethnicity describes cultural heritage.
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The finish line. Ethnicity is learned, race is inherited.
______________________________________________________________________ Third opinion - Race is just an archaic version of ethnicity. Black is an ethnicity, White is an ethnicity, so is Caucasoid. They're all ethnic constructions.
Fourth opinion- Race means subspecies. One can argue with that there are no 'subspecies' of the Human species, thus meaning that 'race' does not exist, leaving ethnicity as the only characteristic trait of the two in describing a human.
Race describes biological descent. Ethnicity describes cultural
heritage.
Thus a white American my be of European decent - that is race,
but ethnically he or she belongs to the American culture. Similarly
a black American my be of African decent but ethnically he or she
belongs to the American culture.
Social class is more important than race-ethnicity in
determining a family's characteristics because it reflects the kind
of lifestyle a family is living. Social class is also a
representation of a family's financial capability. Race or
ethnicity can represent cultures but not the standards of
living.
Ethnicity and race are both social constructs used to categorize groups of people based on shared cultural and physical characteristics. Both can influence a person's identity and how they are perceived by society. However, ethnicity tends to focus more on cultural practices and traditions, while race is typically linked to physical characteristics such as skin color.
No, fingerprints do not provide information about a person's race. Fingerprints are unique to each individual and are not influenced by factors such as race, ethnicity, or skin color.