Industrialized Nation Definition
In contrast, the industrialized nation definition requires a diversified economy with a nationwide industrial base. If one sector of the economy fares poorly in a given year, season or quarter, gains in other sectors prevent economic collapse. Strong, diversified economies create consumer confidence, and confident consumers purchase goods and services commensurate with their personal wealth and national economic well-being.
eth·nic·i·ty
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noun
noun: ethnicity; plural noun: ethnicities
the fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition.
Brit. /ɛθˈnɪsᵻti/
, U.S. /ɛθˈnɪsədi/
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Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ethnic adj., -ity suffix.
Etymology: < ethnic adj. + -ity suffix.
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†1. Paganism, heathen superstition. Obsolete. rare.
1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. 332 From the curling spume of the celebrated Egean waves fabulous ethnicity [Sp. etnicidad] feigned Venus their idolatress conceived.
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2. Status in respect of membership of a group regarded as ultimately of common descent, or having a common national or cultural tradition; ethnic character.
1920 I. B. Berkson Theories of Americanization ii. 89 To regard every individual of an ethnic group as having primarily the characteristic nature of that group, as if affiliation with it invested him with a particular kind of ethnicity..is contrary to the doctrine that each individual structure is primary.
1953 D. Riesman in Amer. Scholar 23 i. 15 The groups who, by reason of rural or small-town location, ethnicity, or other parochialism, feel threatened by the better educated upper-middle-class people.
1964 P. Worsley in I. L. Horowitz New Sociol. 384 Existing barriers of ethnicity imported into office.
2010 J. Bieber Soweto 13/1 Although almost every Sowetan speaks all black South African languages, the issue of ethnicity was one of the biggest problems that we faced.
Peacedog wrote:Actually, you just need a better dictionary.
Ethnicity has a racial component. Culture may or may depending on the context.
From the Cambridge Dictionary
ethnicity
noun [ C or U ]
UK /eθˈnɪs.ə.ti/ US /eθˈnɪs.ə.t̬i/
a particular race of people, or the fact of being from a particular race of people
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Yes, that is good that you know alot of people, and that could probably mean “most” people, if so then you are right....Ian C. Kuzushi wrote:Trick wrote:. Actually that’s probably what most believe, that it was some sort of peaceful paradise...they are led to believe that, by people who spread lies about china.I don't know anyone who thinks that Tibet was some sort of paradise.
I know a lot of people .
Peacedog wrote:
The reason why Tibetans don't want to be part of Chinese society is that they understand what this means: the complete and utter destruction of their cultural identity over time.
. Anyway, multiculti and multi ethnic does exist here in China despite the by far dominant Chinese Han ethnic group......All the “multi” would be minimized considerably in the regions of Xinjiang and Tibet if they were to be separated from China .....Q2: Who extinguishes Tibetan culture?
In November 2011, the 14th Dalai Lama acclaimed in Japan that the reason for Tibetan monks' self-immolations was "China's policy on extinguishing Tibetan culture".
As to "Tibetan culture", the Dalai Lama follows such a logic: Tibetan culture is the culture of Tibetan Buddhism, the culture of Tibetan Buddhism is the culture of the Gelug Sect (the yellow sect of Tibetan Buddhism, and the sect of the Dalai Lama) while the Dalai Lama has the final speaking in the Gelug Sect.
In other words, anything that goes against the Dalai Lama is regarded by him as "extirpation of Tibetan culture". What a ridiculous idea! The Dalai Lama still treats himself as the serf owner, Tibet as his property and Tibetan people as his slaves.
A scholar has pointed out that the so-called "extinguished Tibetan culture" refers to the absolute privilege of the religious figures. In the Dalai Lama's eyes, the fact that common Tibetans master the culture would violate the stiff hierarchy of theocracy.
In fact, Tibetan culture consists of not only religious culture but also folk culture, not only traditional culture but also modern culture, not only the culture of the Tibetan ethnic group but also the cultures of other ethnic groups, such as Confucius culture, Mongolian culture and Manchu culture.
The religious culture has never been the only content of Tibetan culture, let alone the "Dalai Lama's culture" or "Gelug culture". The 14th Dalai Lama racks his brains to cheat the world that he develops the whole Tibetan culture if he develops the Gelug culture. What he does is the worst "extirpation of Tibetan culture"!
In the writer's opinion, the Dalai Lama's "extirpation of Tibetan culture" exposes his ugly purpose: he attempts to meet the demand of Tibetan separatists and stir up the Western forces' "impulse to put pressure on China" in order to realize his aim of restoring Tibet's serfdom and dividing China.
Steve James wrote:With regard to Tibet, the PRC is assimilating it. In this case exerting its dominance (including cultural aspects, such as language, etc) over the people. That's not the idea of assimilation in the US, which has assimilated every immigrant group. Cultural assimilation and cultural dominance are not the same processes. One is adopted, and one is imposed. In the US, multi-cultural means that Americans study Asian martial arts. And, multiculturality is inevitable in any marriage between an Asian and an American. Just sayin'
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