Racial Hierarchy In The Ethnic Myth

The concept of racial hierarchy can be related to all this week’s reading assignment. In short, they all shared the common theme of how the non-white groups were at a social and political disadvantage to white culture due to varying levels of discrimination. Furthermore, although the way of how the minority groups were discriminated against differed, the reoccurring reason was to maintain the status quo of whites maintaining the top spot of racial hierarchy.
In chapter one of the book The Ethnic Myth, the author points out that the minorities that lacked white background experienced greater levels of discrimination. I believe this is rooted in racial hierarchy because not all white immigrants conformed to the paradigm of the majority culture