A social construct that artificially divides
people into distinct grous based on characteristics such as physical appearance (particularly color), ancestral heritage, cultural affiliation, cultural history, ethnic classifications, and the social, economic and political needs of a society at a given period of
time. Race categories subsume ethnic groups. (The
US Census Beaureau chooses to recognize six races: White, Black, Latino/Hispanic,
Asian, Native and the newly category, other. When it becomes convenient for the United States
government to make a category for a new race, a new race is added. Note: the first categorization or race was White and Colored. As it became more convenient for those in power to make more categories, more were made).
My race is Asian, my ethnicity is Korean and my nationality is
American (I am a US citizen). Mr. Z's race is White, his ethnicity is Irish, Scottish and Swedish, his nationality is
American. Mrs. X's race is Hispanic/Latina, her ethnicity is Colombian, and her nationality is
American. (She is a US citizen too).