ethnic group

Japanese: ethnic group(英語表記)ethnicgroup
ethnic group

...That is, it began with the discovery of the phenomenon that non-English European immigrants, while assimilating into American culture and society, maintained a certain degree of traditional culture and language, continued to have a sense of German or Italian identity, maintained strong ties with their fellow countrymen, continued community activities, and sometimes wielded political influence like Irish immigrants. However, because their ethnic identity was separated from the traditional ethnic culture and language of their home countries and had changed under American culture, they could not be called a nation, and the concept of ethnic group, which originally implied "pagan," was applied, and their ethnic identity was called ethnicity. In this sense, it was a concept that was negatively treated as heretics who could not assimilate or merge into American culture. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "ethnic group" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…つまり,非英語系ヨーロッパ移民がアメリカ合衆国の文化や社会に同化しつつも,ある程度伝統文化・言語を維持して,ドイツ人やイタリア人意識を持ち続け,同郷者との間に強い絆を維持しコミュニティ活動を続け,ときにはアイルランド系移民のように政治的影響力を振るう現象が発見されたことに始まる。彼らの民族意識は,しかしながら故国の伝統的民族文化・言語から離れ,かつアメリカ文化のもとで変質していたため,彼らを民族nationとは名づけられず,もともと〈異教徒〉を含意するエスニック・グループethnic groupの概念が適用され,彼らの民族意識をエスニシティとしたのである。この意味では,アメリカ文化に同化・融合しない異端者であるとして否定的に扱われていた概念である。…

※「ethnic group」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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