Ethnic Groups

An ethnic group is a group of people who identify themselves, or are identified as such by others, based on similar cultural or biological characteristics. As the concepts of race and nation, the ethnicity was developed, in your world, during the European colonial expansion. This happened when mercantilism and capitalism promoted global movements of people. However, nation-states always include people who have been excluded from the project (building the nation), or recruit workers from outside its borders. These people are typically ethnic groups.

Consequently, members of ethnic groups tend to conceive their identity as something that is out of the history of the nation-state. This identity is often expressed through "traditions" which are transmitted through generations.

Now I am going to show you the trailer of a movie whre you can see the presence of ethnic groups in our world: