abstract:The concept of ethnic origin is an attempt to classify people, not according to their current nationality, but according to commonalities in their social background. For example somebody living in a monocultural environment, speaking English for example and clearly a member of an English-speaking cultural milieu, may be descended from immigrants speaking some other language and still participate in some of aspects their culture.
This is thencoupled to a school's picture ofwhat a diverseclassshouldlook like, with the resultthatpassport, ethnic originandsexcanallbecomeinfluencingfactors.