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A 5 page critique of Stephen Steinberg’s The Ethnic Myth. No additional sources cited.
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sociological understanding. While there are many other elements to being a human being, aside from ethnicity, that is the primary focus of establishing foundations for understanding people. In the book
The Ethnic Myth by Stephen Steinberg the author illustrates that ethnic foundations are not as strong as economic and social class, for it is through these categories that people establish
an identity, regardless of race in many cases. The following paper critiques this particular book. The Ethnic Myth by Steinberg As mentioned, people generally assume that ethnicity is
perhaps the most important foundation for any research in society, or any level of understanding the conditions of a society. When one examines an African American the first thing that
is taken into consideration is likely the fact they are African American. The same goes with Native Americans, Asians, and other colored people. With white people this is not generally
the first consideration, although one must also understand that what is considered white today was not white in the past of the nation. For example, Irish, Italian, and many other
"white" races were considered less than white and colored for the most part. Steinberg begins his study with a look at the history of the nation from the colonial
involvement. He indicates that the Native American population was not like other regions that the Europeans had colonized, for the Native American population was spread out and not a predominant
power. As such the European people saw themselves as the owners of the land, so to speak. According to Steinbergs perspectives this clearly makes for a unique situation in relationship
to colonization and obviously instigates a new form of culture, one that will lead to an ethnic diversity that will often be difficult to interpret. While Steinberg does not directly
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