Panethnicity

Classifying people from different ethnic backgrounds into a "race." Most commonly used for social movements.

Mexicans, Nicaraguans, Peruvians, Argentinians, etc., using panethnicity to come as a Hispanic/Latino group to fight for immigration rights.

Koreans, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Indians, Filipinos, etc., clumped together as Asians.

by Galexio November 7, 2009