... and colonialism (Lipsitz 3). Although times change, the investment in whiteness nonetheless is still a factor in society states Lipsitz. For example, in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education, although slavery is no more, segregation is rampant. Even though the federal government has passed civil rights law in an attempt to equalize education, these laws having been ... Asian ethnic groups "have often found themselves identified as undifferentiated Asians in the United States." (Lipsitz 71). " Although these factual accounts of history in the United States support Lipsitz's argument, Lipsi...

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... ). Staples notices that people on the streets were afraid of him, and so he began observing different behaviors demonstrated by people he encountered while walking. For example, Staples notices that people avoid making eye contact with him or people cross the street to avoid coming in contact with him. Staples cites from two essays in which the authors are both intensely uncomfortable in ... the presence of black men on certain streets and Staples also notes that he often ... stereotyping when he is harmlessly walking along the streets. The revised edition also expresses only Staples" p...

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... Only, Mary C. Waters states that many people use their ancestral lineage for "social" purposes, and not for identity. (644) Her example was an Irish individual who considers himself Irish merely for holidays, and family get-togethers, but not in everyday life. (Waters 644) ... Waters 643) This shows how easily one can switch from one ethnic group to another. An example of this phenomenon is profoundly described in Aurora Levins Morales essay Child of the Americas. She tells of being born and raised in the Caribbean by a Puerto Rican mother, and a Jewish father. ... of the culture that h...

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