Intro
So let's talk about three terms that we use when we're describing people: race,
ethnicity and culture using jelly beans. So race is a term that we use to
categorize people based on their physical appearance. So as I attempt here
Race
to separate the jelly beans by their colors, we also separate people according
to color. So we have whites and then we have browns, yellows, reds, and black. And
so we do that because it's just what we can see what do we see how can we start
to get to know these people and so we just categorize them by their outer
appearance their physical appearance. So if I try to do this faster . . . So the second
Ethnicity
term is ethnicity and the definition of that is about their ancestors - the
ancestors of people, where they're born in the same region. And they can share a
language and a culture. So with ethnicity - let's take a group. Let's take
let's take red so even though we see a pile of red jelly beans there are
different flavors. So think of flavors as a different type or as ethnicity. So even
though they may be red, you might have one that's cinnamon or one that's
strawberry or one that's cherry or one that's passionfruit. I don't know. But
those are all the flavors that's the ethnicity because even within a race of
people you will have different ethnicities in them. so for myself I am
Asian or yellow and then but you have Koreans and Japanese and Filipinos and
Chinese. So there's many different ethnicities so the different flavors can
represent the different ethnicities. And then culture is the third term
and that definition is when you have a system of shared beliefs or behaviors or
or what's accepted what's what are the norms and expectations. So if you are say
your race is Asian - so for me I'm Asian my ethnicity is Chinese and I was -
I'm been raised in America so I I am an American so my culture is
American. It would be very different if I was raised in China or if I was raised
in London. So the culture is where you're from so the jelly beans
Culture
it's who made it so they're from the Jelly Belly Company and so just as the
Jelly Belly Company. They have their own recipe for how they make jelly beans
how much sugar they put in maybe some other ingredients and flavorings and
whatnot so it's the bag that or the manufacturer is representing the culture
of the jelly beans. and so depending on where you were raised that will
definitely define your culture. So I hope that this helped you to understand a
little bit better the differences between race ethnicity
and culture.