A client is a Black male of Jamaican heritage. What would be true regarding this client?
1. The client's race is Jamaican and his ethnicity is Black.
2. The client's race is Black and his ethnicity is Jamaican.
3. The client's race is Jamaican and his ethnicity is Jamaican.
4. The client's race is Black and his ethnicity is Black.
Correct Answer: 2
Race is the classification of people according to shared biological characteristics, genetic markers, or features. They have common characteristics such as skin color, bone structure, facial features, hair texture, and blood type. The client's race is Black. The term ethnic has been used to describe a group of people who share a common and distinctive culture and who are members of a specific group. The client's ethnicity is Jamaican. The Jamaicans share a common background different than African Americans.
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