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    This document discusses the differences between culture, ethnicity, and acculturation. It states that ethnicity refers to belonging to a particular ethnic group based on shared qualities, while culture refers to the social behaviors and traditions of a group. Acculturation is defined as the process where a group changes their behaviors and customs due to interacting with other cultures, often adopting practices of the dominant culture. The document provides examples to illustrate these concepts and cites two references to support its definitions.

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    This document discusses the differences between culture, ethnicity, and acculturation. It states that ethnicity refers to belonging to a particular ethnic group based on shared qualities, while culture refers to the social behaviors and traditions of a group. Acculturation is defined as the process where a group changes their behaviors and customs due to interacting with other cultures, often adopting practices of the dominant culture. The document provides examples to illustrate these concepts and cites two references to support its definitions.

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    CULTURE, ETHNICITY, AND ACCULTURATION 1

    Culture, Ethnicity, and Acculturation

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    Culture, Ethnicity, and Acculturation

    While some people may assume that the three terms and especially culture and

    ethnicity are similar in meaning and use, these three terms are different but interconnected

    within a society or a group. As described by Romeo et al. (2018) ethnicity can be understood

    as a condition of belonging to a particular ethnic group. An ethnic group is a group of people

    with some defined and shared racial, religious, cultural, linguistic, tribal and national

    qualities. Ethnicity is a fact of belonging to a group. For instance, being a Chinese, Hispanic,

    African American, or Asian American. On the other hand, culture is a social behavior that

    people follow. Culture is a social way of behaving expressed by an individual or a group and

    includes traditional practices passed through generations including habits, arts, beliefs,

    knowledge, capabilities, customs, and laws. In particular, culture is the manifestation of

    human intellectual achievement marked by their ideas, social behavior, and customs.

    Therefore, culture can be influenced by ethnicity.

    While ethnicity is a fact, culture is a behavior or belief and may be changed. As

    defined by Berry (2019) acculturation is the process of individual or group changes in

    behavior and culture due to interactions with other cultures. For instance, the

    Americanization of African Americans during and after the slavery era. It is a process of

    assimilation of one cultures mostly the minor one into another culture, typically the most

    dominant culture. This process involves the uptake of certain cultural practices and behaviors

    by a group due to influence of the dominant culture.


    CULTURE, ETHNICITY, AND ACCULTURATION 3

    References

    Berry, J. W. (2019). Acculturation: A personal journey across cultures. Cambridge

    University Press.

    Romero, C. B. A., Laroche, M., Aurup, G. M., & Ferraz, S. B. (2018). Ethnicity and

    acculturation of environmental attitudes and behaviors: A cross-cultural study with

    Brazilians in Canada. Journal of Business Research, 82, 300-309.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.09.009

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