The Politics of Race and Ethnicity in the United States Americanizat
The purpose of this book is to examine and analyze Americanization, De-Americanization, and racialized ethnic groups in America and consider the questions: who is an American? And what constitutes American identity and culture?
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The Politics of Race and Ethnicity in the United States Americanization, De-Americanization, and Racialized Ethnic Groups Sherrow O. Pinder
the politics of race and ethnicity in the united states Copyright © Sherrow O. Pinder, 2010. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2010 978-0-230-61356-0 All rights reserved. First published in 2010 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe, and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-137-33140-3 DOI 10.1057/9780230106697
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pinder, Sherrow O. The politics of race and ethnicity in the United States : Americanization, de-Americanization, and racialized ethnic groups / Sherrow O. Pinder. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Ethnicity—United States. 2. Ethnic groups—United States. 3. Whites—Race identity—United States. 4. Multiculturalism—United States. 5. United States—Ethnic relations. I. Title. GN560.U6P56 2010 305.800973—dc22
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A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Scribe Inc. First edition: April 2010 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
For Amber Chambers And Anthony and Alyssa Greaves With Love
Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction: The Brevity of the Argument
1
1
Conceptual Framework
13
2
Whiteness: The Definitive Conceptualization of an American Identity
39
3
The Specter of Whiteness
67
4
The Quandary of Multiculturalism in America
95
5
Postmulticulturalism
123
Conclusion: Reflections
151
Notes
163
References
211
Index
237
Acknowledgments
The idea for this book grew out of a class that I teach on race and ethnicity at California State University, Chico. Based on this, I submitted a proposal on race and ethnicity at the Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting and presented the paper there in April 2007. After a meeting with Anthony Wahl, who was then a senior editor with Palgrave Macmillan, about expanding my paper into a book, I started to think seriously about America’s cultural identity and the question of where and how racialized ethnic groups fit into such an identity. In this respect, I would like to sincerely thank Anthony Wahl for supporting my book project. At California State University, Chico, I was given a course release to work on my book, for which I was very appreciative to have received. While I had initially started to think about what I would write in my book during this time, it was not until my time spent during the summer of 2008 at
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