ETHNIC in a Sentence

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For ETHNIC, below is one of 20 sentences:
The last decade has witnessed a serious rise in the levels of racism and hostility to Black and ethnic groups.

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 Meanings and Examples of ETHNIC
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ethnic
 a.  relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
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Example Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1  The students are from a variety of ethnic backgrounds.
2  They've been living and working peacefully with members of various ethnic groups.
3  The violence was the result of political and ethnic conflicts.
4  I do believe it is possible for different ethnic groups to live together in harmony.
5  The last decade has witnessed a serious rise in the levels of racism and hostility to Black and ethnic groups.
6  The ethnic populations are so intermingled that there's bound to be conflict.
7  Different ethnic groups have different systems of kinship.
8  The magazine runs a regular feature on ethnic cooking.
9  This vile policy of ethnic cleansing must be stopped.
10  A question on ethnic origin was included in the census.
11  Recent developments in the area have brought latent ethnic tension out into the open.
12  Health authorities are encouraged to arrange for the services which ethnic minority communities need and which reflect cultural differences.
13  Real ethnic crimes have begun to replace imaginary ones.
14  But guess why they stay home and suppress what they call ethnic unrest?
15  As an American I do not believe in exclusive ethnic, racial or tribal states.