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4 pages in length. Ethnic coexistence in a society where whiteness is the overpowering culture is, according to George M. Frederickson, comprised of four distinct categories: hierarchy, assimilation, pluralism and separatism. The extent to which racial disharmony has perpetuated because of these dividing classifications is both grand and far-reaching; that only one of these categories allows for a given ethnicity to simply live under its own traditional existence without being coerced or manipulated to adapt speaks to prevalence of intolerant attitudes that have formulated racial relations as they are known today. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Frederickson, comprised of four distinct categories: hierarchy, assimilation, pluralism and separatism. The extent to which racial disharmony has perpetuated because of these dividing classifications is both grand and far-reaching;
that only one of these categories allows for a given ethnicity to simply live under its own traditional existence without being coerced or manipulated to adapt speaks to prevalence of
intolerant attitudes that have formulated racial relations as they are known today. Looking at Sherman Alexies Assimilation and Eric Lius Notes of a Native Speaker from the perspective of Fredericksons
(2004) writing allows one to gain a significantly better understanding of how white societies have dealt with the presence of different races. The notion of one-way assimilation, where ethnic
groups have no other option but to integrate with the white culture and leave their heritage behind, is more of an appeasement than a true incorporation of cultural mores, inasmuch
as it is the most effective way for the dominating white class to control the lowly subordinates. In short, cultural outsiders "could become full-fledged Americans, if they chose to
do so, simply by changing their behavior and beliefs" (Frederickson, 2004, p. 636). In short, the objective was for other cultures to "aspire to whiteness" (Liu, 2004, p. 662).
Liu (2004), the son of Chinese immigrants, realizes the benefit of assimilation as it relates to success of every kind: political, social, economic and personal. Had he not embraced
the very notion of integration into the white culture, he readily acknowledges how his own life would have suffered because of the cultural barrier standing in the way. Liu
(2004) openly admits the loss of some traditional Chinese mores throughout his quest for assimilation, however, he is also quick to point out how it has served to strengthen the
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