What's the difference between ethnic and racial?

Ethnic


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Ethnical
  • (n.) A heathen; a pagan.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The prevalence of 24.4% among Mexican American men was similar to that among men from other ethnic backgrounds.
  • (2) Furthermore, their distribution in various ethnic groups residing in different districts of Rajasthan state (Western-India) is also reviewed.
  • (3) Despite a 10-year deadline to have the same number of ethnic minority officers in the ranks as in the populations they serve, the target was missed and police are thousands of officers short.
  • (4) The results were compared with those obtained by Hess and Goldblatt, and were further analyzed for possible differences by age, sex, ethnicity, and family size.
  • (5) Relative to the perceived severity of their asthma, both Maoris and Pacific Islanders lost more time from work or school and used hospital services more than European asthmatics using A & E. The increased use of A & E by Maori and Pacific Island asthmatics seemed not attributable to the intrinsic severity of their asthma and was better explained by ethnic, socioeconomic and sociocultural factors.
  • (6) These results might help to explain why only a minority of individuals with a susceptible HLA type develop uveitis, as well as the variable incidence of disease in HLA-identical populations of different ethnic backgrounds.
  • (7) Broad-based secular comprehensives that draw in families across the class, faith and ethnic spectrum, entirely free of private control, could hold a new appeal.
  • (8) Care for black and minority ethnic communities is seen as a "major faultline in mental health".
  • (9) The impact of ethnicity on the stress process in old age was examined using two surveys of Australians aged 60 years and older.
  • (10) In north-west Copenhagen, among the quiet, graffiti-tagged streets of red-brick blocks and low-rise social housing bordering the multi-ethnic Nørrebro district, police continued to cordon off roads and search a flat near the spot where officers killed a man believed to be behind Denmark’s bloodiest attacks in over a decade.
  • (11) Logistic regression analysis was used to determine the relationship of ethnicity to diagnosis in both outpatient and inpatient samples.
  • (12) Analysis according to clinical importance, gestation at booking, maternal age, parity, birth order, ethnic origin, and certainty of gestational age.
  • (13) Differences in prevalence in these areas, and between different ethnic groups, are discussed and compared with previous studies in Southern Africa.
  • (14) Late stage at diagnosis is common among Filipino and ethnic Hawaiian woman, and their risk of death is 1.5-1.7 times that of Caucasian, Chinese, and Japanese women with the disease, even after adjustment for age, extent of disease, and socio-economic status.
  • (15) Paradigm relies heavily on social science research and analysis to help companies identify and address the specific barriers and unconscious biases that might be affecting their diversity efforts: things like anonymizing resumes so that employers can’t tell a candidate’s gender or ethnicity, or modifying a salary negotiation process that places women and minorities at a disadvantage.
  • (16) However, during the last four years 1980-1983, no significant difference between ethnic groups was observed.
  • (17) We studied the incidence and mortality of stroke in northern Israel to determine possible reasons for the differences previously found in mortality from this condition between the sex and ethnic groups in Israel as a whole.
  • (18) The majority (70) were of the Han ethnic group; 24 out of 41 Hainanese belonged to the Li ethnic group.
  • (19) The consequences for Syria have been multiple massacres, ethnic cleansing, torture, a humanitarian crisis and the risk of the country's breakup.
  • (20) There are no credible reports of ethnic Russians facing threats in Ukraine.

Racial


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a race or family of men; as, the racial complexion.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The charges against Harrison were filed just after two white men were accused of fatally shooting three black people in Tulsa in what prosecutors said were racially motivated attacks.
  • (2) Instead, he handed over the opening to reporter Molly Line, who said, “Racial profiling is in the eye of the beholder,” before citing differing perceptions of the phenomenon between white and black people, which is like reading the headline “Rapist, Victim Differ on Consent”.
  • (3) Much less obvious – except in the fictional domain of the C Thomas Howell film Soul Man – is why someone would want to “pass” in the other direction and voluntarily take on the weight of racial oppression.
  • (4) The Nazi party’s office of racial purity claimed that the Jewish character was essentially drug-dependent.
  • (5) The ANC has the historical responsibility to lead our nation and help build a united non-racial society."
  • (6) The review enabled us to confirm diagnoses and to investigate whether specific clinical features are directly related to racial incidence.
  • (7) Mean values and percentile distributions are presented for ages 1-74 in males and females in two racial groups.
  • (8) Trolls called Kaepernick racial epithets , after all.
  • (9) The city council’s community safety team, now responsible for a leaflet campaign urging young Muslims not to join Isis, used to employ 31-year old Mashudur Choudhury as a racial harassment worker.
  • (10) He said the generations of Americans had made significant strides toward rance tolerance, but added: "It doesn't mean we're in a post-racial society.
  • (11) However, the racial differences are less pronounced for incidence than for mortality.
  • (12) There exist numerous subgroups within either racial group, defined on the basis of certain demographic and social characteristics, which are at risk for particular diseases.
  • (13) The varying epidermal melanin content that produces racial pigmentation determines the number of photons that reach the lower (malpighian) cellular layers, where vitamin D3 synthesis takes place.
  • (14) The presence of hepatitis B virus markers did not depend on excess alcohol consumption, sex, age, alcoholic liver disease intensity, or previous gastrointestinal bleeding or hospitalization, but was related to racial group and residence in countries with a high prevalence of HBs Ag.
  • (15) These consistent racial differences suggest a common underlying factor(s).
  • (16) The incidence of such a condition may be influenced by local as well as racial factors.
  • (17) This posture of racially tinged complacency underlies most of the frequent backlashes endured by western feminists.
  • (18) The 54-year-old, who was jailed for seven years for soliciting murder and inciting racial hatred, has been fighting extradition since 2004.
  • (19) Relationships between MMPI scales and criteria were evaluated to determine if the MMPI is racially biased with a juvenile delinquent population.
  • (20) However, there are important racial and ethnic differences in the likelihood of rapid repeated childbearing: Among whites, age at first birth has little effect on the proportions who have a second birth quickly; but among blacks, it has a significant inverse effect, with younger women more likely than older women to have a second child quickly.