Race & Ethnicity discussion post

1) Discuss from a sociological perspective the difference between race and ethnicity, along with the terms prejudice, racism and scapegoat. Explain how your racial or ethnic identity has played a significant (positive or negative) role in your life? 

2) Racial and ethnic stereotypes are everywhere in the mass media (social media, television ads, magazines etc). Surveying some of these mediums, identify racial or ethnic stereotypes in the media. Who were the targets? Which sociological or psychological theories best explain the dissemination of these racial or ethnic representations in the mass media?

I am Hispanic. I was born in Puerto Rico and my family is Cuban.