The given statement is false since the meaning of the words ethnicity and race are different.
The term ethnicity is used to define the cultural characteristics or the cultural background that is used to define a person or a group.
On the other hand, the term race means the physical characteristics of the person typically the skin tone which makes the person or a group different from others.
Therefore the statement is false.
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