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Explain the difference between ethnicity and nationality in the united kingdom

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Nationality is the relationship between a person and the political state to which he belongs or is affiliated. Ethnicity is the identification of a person with a particular racial, cultural, or religious group.

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Nationality is basically restricted to the constitute states (England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland) and can also include a common, British nationality. It is more determined by where someone was born and raised.

Ethnicity can encompass background from other continents: for example, British English, Jamaican English - Ethnicity reflects people's family backgrounds
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