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ethnicity

[eth-nis-i-tee] / ɛθˈnɪs ɪ ti /
NOUN
ethnic background
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He also became a hero in Vietnam, partly for his ethnicity, one assumes, but also because he was credited with a photograph that arguably changed American sentiments about the war and war in general.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The rest of my awards are based on my writing, not my ethnicity," he told the Globe and Mail in an interview published on Monday.

From BBC

Department of Education alleging that Berkeley public schools ignored reports of bullying and harassment of Jewish students on the basis of their ethnicity, shared ancestry and national origin.

From Los Angeles Times

Most European states were created out of a prior sense of a common ethnicity or language.

From The Wall Street Journal

The study found that while Democrats were largely consistent in their opposition to these immigration policies, Republican sentiment varied more, especially by age, gender and ethnicity.

From Los Angeles Times