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This 5 page paper explores Stephen Steinberg's 1989 book The Ethnic Myth that examines race, ethnicity and class in America. Brooklyn, New York is used as an example to explore this CUNY professor's work. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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common decency, there is a movement toward cultural diversity. There is a push to get Spanish, for example, to become a sort of second language while others fight diligently to
keep English in the forefront. While all this is happening, the other side wants integration and assimilation. Some time ago, Stephen Steinberg came out with a refreshing argument about what
should be done due what history has already taught us. In the Ethnic Myth, Steinberg (1989) explores various ideas about ethnicity and how people of different races, ethnic groups and
religions and treated differently. He has a definitive view, seeing the world as being unfair and multiculturalism as being a farce. Rather than suggesting that ethnicity should be played up,
and differences amplified, he argues that such is really obscuring true American history. Steinberg leaves little to the imagination, highlighting the histories of blacks, Jews, Irish and Italians. Yet, he
has not escaped criticism. He too, in this book and as a speaker has criticized others position on race relations in America. Steinberg (as cited in Phillip, 1994) has suggested
that some try to find alternatives to rage and despair, but in criticizing one author, he claims that too much emphasis was place on Black people having to overcome their
own nihilism, while ignoring conditions that worsen their plight. He added that such an analysis is often picked up by lawmakers in order to justify abandoning programs that compensate
minorities for inequalities, effectively shifting the blame from whites to Blacks (1994). In the book, Steinberg explores black history in the United States and focuses on the time after the
civil war. The author tends to for example, in the case of black America, look to the past for explanations and suggests that differences evidenced today are due to history
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