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Il genere e l'etnia non sono fattori ideologici.

Il genere e l'etnia non sono fattori ideologici.
Gender and ethnicity are not ideological factors.
From Lesson 461:Regardless of (a prescindere da)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Il genere e l'etnia non sono fattori ideologici.

Why are the articles Il and l' used here when English just says "Gender and ethnicity"?
In Italian, definite articles are required before abstract nouns or nouns used in a broad, general sense. While English drops the article to talk about "gender" or "ethnicity" as overall concepts, Italian keeps them: il genere and l'etnia.
Does genere always mean "gender"?
No, it's a very versatile word. Depending on the context, genere can mean "gender" (as it does here), "genre" (like a film or literary category), or simply "kind" or "sort" (as in che genere di musica ascolti? - what kind of music do you listen to?).
Why is the plural of ideologico spelled ideologici and not ideologichi?
For adjectives ending in -co or -go, the plural spelling depends on where the spoken stress falls. If the stress is on the third-to-last syllable (like i-deo-lò-gi-co), the plural usually takes the soft sound -ci or -gi. If the stress is on the second-to-last syllable (like stàn-co), you add an h to keep the hard sound (stàn-chi).
How could I use this lesson's focus, a prescindere da, with these nouns to say "Regardless of gender and ethnicity"?
You would need to combine the preposition da with the required definite articles we saw earlier. It would become: a prescindere dal genere e dall'etnia. Remember that when da meets il, it forms dal, and when it meets l', it forms dall'.

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