Recognizing that a person with black hair and a tightly woven hair texture could be of African, Cuban, or Puerto Rican descent is recognizing that some groups share some biological features but are ethnically different (a).
To reach this conclusion, you need to be able to understand the keywords "biological features" and "ethnicity."
- Biology determines your appearance, through your parents' characteristcs. Your hair's colour and texture are determined by your genes. Africans, Cubans and Puerto Ricans tend to have similar genes, and therefore similar biological features.
- People of the same ethnicity belong to the same social group and share a culture or a nation. Africans, Cubans and Puerto Ricans have different cultures and nations. They are therefore ethnically different.