White Ethnic: A Social Concept

Authors

Joseph M. Conforti

Orginal Publication Date

2000

Journal Title

Ethnic Studies Review

Volume

23

Issue

esr/vol23/iss1

First Page

81

Last Page

96

Comments

Ethnic Constructions

Abstract

Why such a term as white ethnic or ethnic developed and what purposes it served guides this inquiry. Its origins in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement in a context of American immigration history are explored together with its adoption as a sociological concept. A survey of textbooks most likely to use such a term, particularly texts concerning race and ethnicity, intergroup relations, and sociology of minorities, together with related literature illustrates both its usage and the basis of such usage.