{"id":285,"date":"2020-11-24T11:24:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T19:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/student-services\/?page_id=285"},"modified":"2025-02-19T09:54:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T17:54:42","slug":"ethnicity-and-race-definitions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/student-services\/records\/ethnicity-and-race-definitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethnicity and Race Definitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-xiaw-8c4c53af203f7753e18b981d92db28ed\">\n.avia-section.av-xiaw-8c4c53af203f7753e18b981d92db28ed{\nbackground-color:#f3f3f3;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-xiaw-8c4c53af203f7753e18b981d92db28ed main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_submenu  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' 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