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CULTURAL BACKGROUND

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The context of one’s life experience as shaped by
membership in groups based on ethnicity, race,
socioeconomic status, gender, exceptionalities,
language, religion, sexual orientation, and
geographical area.
The totality of socially transmitted behavior
patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other
products of human work and thought that a person
has grown up in and belongs to. It is associated with
countries and regions, for example, American
culture and Eastern cultural background

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religion

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as a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.

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Human Cultural Variation

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Cultural variation refers to the rich diversity in social practices that
different cultures exhibit around the world.
Cuisine and art all change from one culture to the next, but so do gender roles, economic systems, and social hierarchy among any number of other humanly organised behaviours.

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nationality

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The official and legal right to belong to a country

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ETHNICITY

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Ethnicity denotes grou that share a common identity-based ancestry, language, or culture. It is often based on religion, beliefs, and customs as well as memories of migration or colonization (Cornell & Hartmann, 2007).

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Social differences

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Associated with gender sexual orientation age etc

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Same socioeconomic status

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Social class

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Ses

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income but also educational attainment, financial
security, and subjective perceptions of social status
and social class. Socioeconomic status can
encompass quality of life attributes as well as the
opportunities and privileges afforded to people
within society (

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Social change

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Social change refers to any
significant alteration over time in
behavior patterns and cultural
values and norms. By “significant”
alteration, sociologists mean
changes yielding profound social
consequences

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Political identity

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an inner
narrative of one’s political self.
Identity is the story that we tell
ourselves and others about who we
are, who we were, and who we
foresee ourselves to be.

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Identity politics

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Politica l approach
wherein people of a particular
religion, race, social background,
class or other identifying factor form
exclusive socio - political alliances,
moving away from broad - based,
coalitional politics to support and
follow political movements that share
a particular identifying quality with
the

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