Human Classification
・Race: White, Black, Asian, etc.
・Ethnicity: Countless
・Nation: 197
・Community: Jewish, Kurdish, Roma, Overseas Chinese, etc.
These four categories are often conflated, but they should never be confused with one another. Hitler persecuted and slaughtered Jews, labeling them a “race”; yet, in reality, those he primarily targeted during the Holocaust were “white Jews”. In fact, the Jewish population includes not only white people, but also Black and Asian individuals. This is because “Jew” refers to a “community”—a group defined by shared customs and practices rooted in the observance of Judaism. It is neither a “race” nor an “ethnicity”, and certainly not a “nation”. For instance, the population of Israel (a nation) includes not only People who practice Judaism, but also Christians and Muslims. An “ethnicity”, by contrast, is a classification primarily based on a shared language—such as the Japanese people, who speak Japanese, or the Ainu people, who speak the Ainu language. That said, the term “ethnicity” can sometimes be somewhat ambiguous. Among these categories, “nation” is the most straightforward, as it is defined solely by “nationality”—though, needless to say, exceptions such as “dual nationality” do exist. #Race #Ethnicity #Nation #Community