Ethnic Diversity facts
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Tech companies often test new products in New Zealand because they're an ethnically diverse, tech-savvy, and English-speaking nation, yet still relatively isolated. If a product is a flop there, news is unlikely to spread quickly to the rest of the world and damage a company's reputation.
Queens, NY is the most ethnically diverse urban area in the world and no racial or ethnic group holds a majority in the borough.
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Between the Turkish and Ottomans states, there were actually three genocides; the well known Armenian Genocide, and then also the Assyrian and Greek genocides. At the start of the 20th century, Asia minor was quite ethnically diverse.
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In World War 1, during the Siege of Przemysl, daily announcements were issued in fifteen different languages due to the ethnic diversity of the Austro-Hungarian inhabitants
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Russia hosts over 186 ethnic groups designated as nationalities, making it one of the most culturally diverse nations on the planet
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Despite the stereotype, every single IVY league school is more ethnically diverse than the USA with caucasians being underrepresented.
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Switzerland is more ethnically diverse than the United States
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More diversity in a community is associated with less trust both between and within ethnic groups
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Markham, Ontario (a suburb of Toronto) is Canada's most diverse city, with 72.3% of its population coming from ethnic minority groups
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The more ethnically diverse an area is, the less people are likely to trust each other.
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There has been ethnic diversity issues within the Oscars for quite some time.
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The world's top 20 most ethnically diverse countries are in Africa, with Uganda being the most diverse country in the world.
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India is culturally, linguistically, religiously and ethnically, one of the most diverse country in the world
Queens, New York is the most ethnically diverse place in the world - source
The new congress (The 114th Congress) is the most ethnically and gender diverse congress in history - source
Houston is the most ethnically diverse city in the United States
