1. I don’t understand what Bonilla-Silva is saying and I cannot grasp the concept of whites being a race-less people. For anyone who disagrees just listen to Kat Williams: White Friends. I think that I have a different outlook because I was raised in a black community and in black foster homes. I have experienced racism, I have been the minority. If being white is considered race-less and privileged then why have I experienced racism because of my skin color? My socioeconomic status is low, I am aware of that. My question is this: why if whites are a race-less people did I personally get judged as either a hooker or cop when I moved to my neighborhood in Aurora? Secondly, why now that I lived here and people know me am I that hippie girl? My
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Pan-ethnicity is the grouping together of similar ethnic groups. For example, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean would be grouped together as Asian. Similarly, Mexican, Dominican, and Puerto Rican would be grouped together as Hispanic. The advantages of having a pan-ethnic identity are numerous. Pan-ethnicities provide more support for social and political change. Pan-ethnicities also make it easier for minorities groups to move more fluidly through the polarized racial landscape America has become. Pan-ethnicity also allows groups such as Native Americans to unite for broad ranging issues as well as problems affecting a certain Sovereign Nations within that pan-ethnicity. For example the Lakota, Ute, and Navajo fall into the pan-ethnic group of Native American, but each group has different problems concerning their treaties and social issues on the different reservations. On the other hand, these advantages are also a weakness. Grouping people together makes it easier to stigmatize everyone that appears to be part of that pan-ethnic identity. There is also racial tension between members of the same ethnic groups concerning darker verses lighter skin. Pan-ethnicity skims the surface of racial identity without giving much credence to the individual or the significance of their cultural
Pan-ethnicity is the grouping together of similar ethnic groups. For example, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean would be grouped together as Asian. Similarly, Mexican, Dominican, and Puerto Rican would be grouped together as Hispanic. The advantages of having a pan-ethnic identity are numerous. Pan-ethnicities provide more support for social and political change. Pan-ethnicities also make it easier for minorities groups to move more fluidly through the polarized racial landscape America has become. Pan-ethnicity also allows groups such as Native Americans to unite for broad ranging issues as well as problems affecting a certain Sovereign Nations within that pan-ethnicity. For example the Lakota, Ute, and Navajo fall into the pan-ethnic group of Native American, but each group has different problems concerning their treaties and social issues on the different reservations. On the other hand, these advantages are also a weakness. Grouping people together makes it easier to stigmatize everyone that appears to be part of that pan-ethnic identity. There is also racial tension between members of the same ethnic groups concerning darker verses lighter skin. Pan-ethnicity skims the surface of racial identity without giving much credence to the individual or the significance of their cultural