ETHNICITY - NOT A BLACK-AND-WHITE ISSUE - A RESEARCH NOTE

The dangers of using 'race' as an analytical concept in the sociology of health and illness are outlined, before examining how the terms 'ra cism', 'racialisation' and 'ethnicity' can be defined in order to dist inguish between ethnic minorities, ethnic majorities and racialised mi norities in contemporary Britain. It is argued that by using this term inology the implications for health differences between ethnic groups of racism, of cultural practices and of biological factors can be spec ified.