import os
import json
from django.conf import settings
from django.templatetags.static import static

def get_ethnicity_list():
    ethnicity_list = []
    file_path = os.path.join(settings.BASE_DIR, 'static/json/ethnicities.json')

    # file_path = static('json/ethnicities.json')

    with open(file_path, 'r') as json_file:
        ethnicity_list = json.load(json_file)

    return ethnicity_list