The State of the World Atlas [ff]. Dan Smith

      Ethnicity & Diversity

      Ethnic and

      national identity

      is at stake in

      50%

      of 21st-century

      wars

      Part of human diversity lies in our membership of large groups – nations, ethnic

      groups, races, tribes, clans. How these are defined varies from one culture to

      another. How important they are varies both from one person to the next and

      from time to time. Groups take on the most explicit importance for their

      members when they are or feel threatened – whether by day-to-day

      discrimination and ill treatment or by traumatic events as in war.

      National ceremonies such as independence days, martial

      anniversaries and royal weddings offer rituals for coming together

      in spirit to renew identity bonds. For the rest of the time,

      ethno-national and racial identities tend to be little considered even

      though a lot of life is quietly shaped by them. Ethnic and national

      differences are often part of war but there are far more instances of

      diverse groups living peacefully together.

      GREENLAND

      CANADA

      USA

      HAITI

      215

      CUBA

      MEXICO

      CAYMAN IS.

      BAHAMAS

      PUERTO RICO

      ANT. & BARB.

      BARBADOS

      ST LUCIA

      TR. & TOB.

      ST VINCENT & GREN.

      DOM.

      REP.

      BELIZE

      JAMAICA

      GUATEMALA

       EL SALVADOR

      GRENADA

      DOMINICA

      million

      people live

      outside their

      country of

      birth

      HONDURAS

      NICARAGUA

      COSTA RICA

      PANAMA

      ST K. & N.

      BERMUDA