Although hazel is black and was born in barbados, she grew up in a predominantly white, upper-middle class neighborhood outside of boston and rarely met other people from the caribbean side of her family. this shows that: a. ethnicity means the same as race. b. membership in an ethnic group is not equivalent to a common cultural experience. c. ethnicity means the same as culture. d. membership in an ethnic group is equivalent to a common cultural experience.

This shows that membership in an ethnic group is not equivalent to a common culture experience

Ethnicity is usually an inherited status based on the society in which one lives. An ethnic group is represented by a distributed cultural heritage. Ethnic clubs often share a similar gene pool. In the question, Hazel is black, but have rarely met other people from where she belongs, and this is because she grew up in predominantly white neighborhood.

By way of expression turn, acculturation, adoption, and religious change, it is sometimes desirable for individuals or associations to leave one ethnic group and become part of another (except for ethnic groups emphasizing identity or racial virtue as a key membership criterion).