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Sociology Essay (Critical Thinking)

Arab-Americans often identify as `white ' when asked to place themselves in U .S . racial categories . As we have seen , Whiteness is bound up with attitude-receptional assimilation , behavior-receptional assimilation and `White privilege ' Use these three concepts to explain whether Arab-Americans have become white in a manner similar to north and western European groups

Arab-Americans identifying themselves as whites are likely to be the third generation (LN 10-1 . Identity as white of Arab-Americans rests on the process of assimilation , which refers to the acquisition of language and social norms , which are enablers of

participation in the American society without experiencing prejudice (Dicker 40 . In this sense , those born in America are likely to fair better in assimilation relative to the first generation or second generation Arab-Americans , who have trouble adapting to the new culture . Assimilation has stages and the latter stages of assimilation include attitude-receptional assimilation and behavioral-receptional assimilation (Dicker 40 . In these stages the assumption of identity as white emerges from higher levels of assimilation . In the case of Arab-Americans , while upward intra-generational mobility supports movement towards the latter stages of assimilation , there is still much work before Arab-Americans can become white similar to north and western European populations

Attitude-receptional assimilation means that prejudice of the core society no longer exists while behavioral-receptional assimilation means discrimination in the core society has become non-existent (Dicker 40 The non-existence of prejudice and discrimination means the achievement of racial equality expressed through conditions such as equal rights wealth accumulation , and empowerment (Blackwell et al...

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