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• n  an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties
  ethnicity has a strong influence on community status relations

• It also presents many "points of interest," so you can find restaurants (listed by style and ethnicity), parks, hotels and hospitals.
• Last year, Ding Hui, a young man of African-Chinese ethnicity, caused a stir when he was called up to the national volleyball team, prompting much soul-searching about whether .
• Joy is a Malay originally known as Azlina Jailani, and by Malaysian law her ethnicity automatically makes her a Muslim subject to Shari'a law.

News & Articles

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• Connecticut Admissions Officials See No Immediate Impact In Court's Affirmative Action Decision
  Schools Cite Their 'Holistic' Approach Considering Race And Ethnicity Among Variety Of Factors College and university leaders in Connecticut say the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Monday on affirmative action in college admissions will not have an effect on their admission procedures, at least for now.        
  June 25, 2013 - Hartford Courant
• Affirmative action ruling won't change policies at California public universities
  UC and CSU officials say they already do not consider race or ethnicity in admitting students.
  June 25, 2013 - Ventura County Star
• U.S. Supreme Court orders lower court to review UT’s use of affirmative action
  In a case involving undergraduate admissions at the University of Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday set aside a lower-court ruling that upheld the university’s consideration of race and ethnicity and ordered additional review.
  June 24, 2013 - Austin American-Statesman

Quotes

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• Emmanuel III Delly in Forbes
  Iraq is a bouquet of flowers of different colors, each color represents a religion or ethnicity but all of them have the same scent,the 80-year-old Delly told the congregation.
• Imtiaz Ahmed in The Associated Press
  Successive political governments with conflicting political interests, fragile policies and weak political determination and will were not able to deal with the cancerous disease of sectarianism, ethnicity and the mafias,Imtiaz Ahmed, a...
• Johnny Miller in Toronto Sun
  I apologize to anyone who was offended by my remarks,Miller said in a statement through NBC. "My intention was to convey my affection and admiration for Rocco's everyman qualities and had absolutely nothing to do with his ethnicity.