Meaning of ethnicness | Babel Free

Definitions

The quality of being ethnic.

uncountable

Examples

“Today the tendency is to go to the other extreme and to insist that minority groups maintain⟳ their separate⟳ identity. There seems to be no good reason⟳ why ethnics who wish⟳ to remain⟳ segregated should not be permitted that choice, but those who wish⟳ to lose⟳ their “ethnicness” and become⟳ full-fledged American citizens should be encouraged rather than blocked in doing so.”

“The current vogue seems to be to "borrow" Bob Gibson songs. Abominations like⟳ BUDDY BETTER GET⟳ ON DOWN THE LINE, a re-write of the Pete Seeger: Pete Steele: Dave Macon versions, also don't help⟳ the group. It is now a railroad song and a sort⟳ of teenage love⟳ song -⁠- both! Now don't get⟳ me wrong, I like⟳ ethnicness as well as the next guy, but ...”

“[Yakubu] Gowon, educated at Britain’s famed Sandhurst military academy, is an ardent devotee of British manners and decorum. He appears to have⟳ hit upon a magically effective combination of trendy African “ethnicness” and the Western personal style to which many educated Africans still aspire.”

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