人種

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 人種 is a noun read じんしゅ, meaning race as a social category applied to people.
• Basic usage: Use 人種による差別 for discrimination based on race and 人種や国籍を問わず for disregarding race or nationality as a condition.
  • 人種による差別の歴史について授業で学びました。 describes learning in class about the history of racial discrimination; この催しは人種や国籍を問わず誰でも参加できます。 says that anyone can participate regardless of race or nationality.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 人種による差別
  • による marks race as the basis on which discrimination occurs.
• 人種や国籍
  • や lists race and nationality as examples of distinctions that do not restrict participation.
• 問わず誰でも
  • 問わず removes the preceding conditions, and 誰でも extends eligibility to anyone.