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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, I'd agree with that.  Southern is definitely an ethnicity.  They have a [b]unique language, food, attitude, cuisine, religion....[/b]  Maybe there's no one American ethnicity but many American ethnicities.  Yankee might be another.  California is a culture of its own.  Texas, need I say more.

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This is culture, not "ethnicity." [/quote]

Ethnicity is strongly defined by shared cultural bonds. I hate to go to wiki, but it is a pretty precise definitions:

"Ethnicity or ethnic group is a [b]socially defined [/b]category of people who identify with each other based on a perceived shared social experience[b] or[/b] ancestry.[1] Membership of an ethnic group tends to be associated with and ideologies of shared cultural heritage, ancestry, history, homeland, language or dialect, and with symbolic systems such as religion, mythology and ritual, cuisine, dressing style, physical appearance, etc."

Ancestry is only one part of ethnicity; in mostly homogeneous countries, that distinction isn't really necessary. It becomes more tricky in multicultural, blended societies.[/quote]

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