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Ethnicity & Diversity

Ethnic and

national identity

is at stake in

50%

of 21st-century

wars

Part of human diversity lies in our membership of large groups – nations, ethnic

groups, races, tribes, clans. How these are defined varies from one culture to

another. How important they are varies both from one person to the next and

from time to time. Groups take on the most explicit importance for their

members when they are or feel threatened – whether by day-to-day

discrimination and ill treatment or by traumatic events as in war.

National ceremonies such as independence days, martial

anniversaries and royal weddings offer rituals for coming together

in spirit to renew identity bonds. For the rest of the time,

ethno-national and racial identities tend to be little considered even

though a lot of life is quietly shaped by them. Ethnic and national

differences are often part of war but there are far more instances of

diverse groups living peacefully together.

GREENLAND

CANADA

USA

HAITI

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CUBA

MEXICO

CAYMAN IS.

BAHAMAS

PUERTO RICO

ANT. & BARB.

BARBADOS

ST LUCIA

TR. & TOB.

ST VINCENT & GREN.

DOM.

REP.

BELIZE

JAMAICA

GUATEMALA

EL SALVADOR

GRENADA

DOMINICA

million

people live

outside their

country of

birth

HONDURAS

NICARAGUA

COSTA RICA

PANAMA

ST K. & N.

BERMUDA

GUADELOUPE

N. ANT.

GUYANA

VENEZUELA

SURINAME

COLOMBIA

FRENCH GUIANA

ECUADOR

Migrants

People living in country

other than that in which they were born

as a percentage of total population

2010

less than 10%

10% – 29%

30% or more

no data

BRAZIL

PERU

BOLIVIA

PARAGUAY

ARGENTINA

CHILE

URUGUAY

FALKLAND IS.

MICRONESIA

CARIBBEAN

MELANESIA

POLYNESIA

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