ethnic

Example Sentences

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“Young people were excited about the idea of having what was, at the time, seen as ‘ethnic’ food.

From Salon

The admissions office at Harvard doesn’t consider, look at or review the racial and ethnic composition of the applying class until the admissions cycle is complete, including wait lists, the university said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The president announced the plan on a visit to the border town of Mandera, in Kenya's far north-east, which has a large population of ethnic Somalis.

From BBC

In the mid-1970s, the IOC then formally adopted what it calls Rule 50, prohibiting all forms of “political, religious or ethnic demonstrations.”

From The Wall Street Journal

He also cautions against giving into the demand of Kuki-Zos for a separate administration because "it can have ripple effects for others, who can escalate similar demands, given Manipur's overlapping cultural and ethnic diversities".

From BBC