PromptWhat are the implications of a "whitening-Euro Ethnics?” Instructions Students will receive up to 15 points for their primary post due by Friday at 11:59 PM EST. Students must post replies to at

 “Race is a social construction and is grown out of the process of human interaction” (Higginbotham & Andersen, 2012, p. 9)

“Whitening-Euro Ethnics seems to focus more on economic class instead of minority or ethnic culture”(Higginbotham & Andersen, 2012, p. 33)

“Theories of nature and culture replaced theories of nature and biology.  Instead of dirty and dangerous races that would destroy American democracy, immigrants became ethnic groups whose children had successfully assimilated into the mainstream and risen to the middle class” (Higginbotham and Andersen,2012 page 34)

References:

Higginbotham, E. & Anderson, M. (2012). Race and Ethnicity in Society: The Changing Landscape. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth