Ethnic option
Ethnic option is a term coined by sociologist Mary C. Waters to express her conception that ethnic identity of the descendants of white European immigrants is flexible, symbolic and voluntary, not a definitive aspect of their identity.[1][2] Waters argues that with the achievement of middle-class suburban status, ethnicity becomes a lifestyle option, a costless form of community.[3]
See also
- Acting white
- Cultural appropriation
- European Americans
- Symbolic ethnicity
- White ethnic
References
- ^ Omi, Michael (2000). "Racial Identity and the State". In Adams, Maurianne (ed.). Readings for Diversity and Social Justice. London: Routledge. pp. 78. ISBN 0-415-92633-5 – via Google Books.
- ^ Kleg, Milton (1993). Hate, Prejudice, and Racism. Albany: SUNY Press. pp. 43–44. ISBN 0-7914-1535-X.
- ^ Hickman, Mary J. (2005). "Migration and Diaspora". In Cleary, Joseph N.; Connolly, Claire (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to Modern Irish Culture. Cambridge University Press. p. 131. ISBN 0-521-82009-X.
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Ethnicity
- Clan
- Ethnic group
- Ethnographic group
- Ethnolinguistic group
- Ethnoreligious group
- Ethnonational group
- Ethnographic realism
- Hyphenated ethnicity
- Indigenous peoples
- Ingroups and outgroups
- Meta-ethnicity
- Metroethnicity
- Minority group
- Monoethnicity
- Nation
- Nationality
- Panethnicity
- Polyethnicity
- Population
- Race
- Symbolic ethnicity
- Tribe
- Anthropology
- Ethnic studies
- Ethnoarchaeology
- Ethnobiology
- Ethnocinema
- Ethnogeology
- Ethnography
- Ethnohistory
- Ethnolinguistics
- Ethnology
- Ethnomathematics
- Ethnomedicine
- Ethnomethodology
- Ethnomuseology
- Ethnomusicology
- Ethnophilosophy
- Ethnopsychopharmacology
- Ethnopoetics
- Ethnoscience
- Ethnosemiotics
- Ethnotaxonomy
Identity and
ethnogenesis
ethnogenesis
- Cross-race effect
- Cultural assimilation
- Cultural identity
- Demonym
- Development
- Endonym
- Ethnarch
- Ethnic flag
- Ethnic option
- Ethnic origin
- Ethnic religion
- Ethnicity in census
- Ethnofiction
- Ethnonym
- Folk religion
- Historical
- Imagined community
- Kinship
- Legendary progenitor
- Lineage-bonded society
- Mythomoteur
- Mores
- Nation-building
- Nation state
- National language
- National myth
- Origin myth
- Pantribal sodality
- Statistext
- Tribal name
- Tribalism
- Urheimat
- White ethnic
- Consociationalism
- Cultural appropriation
- Diaspora politics
- Dominant minority
- Ethnic democracy
- Ethnic enclave
- Ethnic interest group
- Ethnic majority
- Ethnic media
- Ethnic nationalism
- Ethnic pornography
- Ethnic theme park
- Ethnoburb
- Ethnocracy
- Ethnopluralism
- Ethnographic film
- Ethnographic village
- Indigenous rights
- Middleman minority
- Minority rights
- Model minority
- Model minority myth
- Multinational state
Ideology and
ethnic conflict
ethnic conflict
- Minzu (anthropology)
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