Dominant Group Ethnic Identity in the United States: The Role of “Hidden” Ethnicity in Intergroup Relations

Doane, Ashley

doi:10.1111/j.1533-8525.1997.tb00483.x

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“…It is likely that the nonimmigrant Dutch were not so much aware of such an ethnic identity. For a dominant group, ethnic identity tends to be less visible and less salient as a result of dominant status and is often taken for granted (Doane, 1997). As members of a majority group, they could consider their behavior and perceptions as "normal behavior, " while for outsiders their behavior could be perceived as culturally distinct.…”

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Beyond Ethnic Stereotypes – Identities and Outdoor Recreation Among Immigrants and Nonimmigrants in the Netherlands

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Studies on immigrants' recreational use of greenspace have tended to focus on ethnic groups as homogeneous entities. In a qualitative study based on group interviews, this article focuses on the cultural diversity among and within ethnic groups. We used an identity perspective to study outdoor recreation of young Dutch adults with Chinese, Turkish, or nonimmigrant backgrounds. Results show that primarily personal identities, age, and ethnicity inform recreational behavior. The multiplicity of peoples' identities results in more heterogeneity between and within ethnic groups, as well as more homogeneity between immigrants and nonimmigrants, than commonly described. When immigrants are considered as a homogeneous group that underparticipates in outdoor recreation, individual immigrants who frequently participate in outdoor recreation are overlooked. Furthermore, we show that acculturation does not progress at the same rate among all ethnic groups, and that ethnic identity may be sustained among second and subsequent generations through certain recreational activities.

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“…Whiteness is often considered inert or neutral, or as the status-quo, oft-idealized, reference point against which racial minorities are thought to differ -and thus are usually judged as inferior in relation to whites because of those differences (Anderson, 2003;Doane, 1997;Pascale, 2008;Perry, 2001Perry, , 2007). Yet whiteness is infused with its own symbolic meanings that are regularly overlooked because it is considered normal, or usual; properties noted in Ruth Frankenberg's three dimensional understanding of whiteness.…”

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The wild (white) ones: comparing frames of white and black deviance

Eastman

2015

Contemporary Justice Review

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In this case study, I establish how a racial privilege shields whites from being framed as deviant by using two racially segregated motorcycle rallies as a naturalistic experiment. I conduct a content analysis of reader posts to online newspaper stories about the biker events (which regularly include deviance) and discover the bikers, their behaviors, and the proposed community reactions are framed in nearly opposite ways. Posters attribute a 'white innocence' to white bikers, framing them as upper class exemplars of American Individualism who temporarily suspend their morality during the rally by drinking, exposing their nude bodies, and ignoring newly passed laws, banning loud mufflers, and requiring helmets. Posters claim these unpleasant, although non-dangerous forms of deviance can be ignored, overlooked, and even celebrated as defiant acts against authority. The white innocence can appear racially innocuous until compared to the perception of black bikers who engage in similar behaviors at their rally but are framed as underclass criminals who attend the rally to steal and murder. This reveals how a usually unseen privilege shields whites from entanglements with the criminal justice system, as posters also call for further policing of racial minorities.

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“…Nowhere was the equation of 'ethnic' with 'minority' clearer than in the title of Donald Ramsey Young's American Minority Peoples (1932). (Doane 1997;Doane 2003: 7) Work based on the White Studies approach spans not only theory, literary and cultural studies, but also law and citizenship (i.e. Smith 1997;Haney-Lopez 1996), history (Roediger 1991(Roediger , 1994, anthropology (Gallagher 2003), sociology (Doane & Bonilla-Silva 2003) and political science.…”

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The Dominant Ethnic Moment

Kaufmann

2006

Ethnicities

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Contact: lib-eprints@bbk.ac.uk Kaufmann, E. (2006)The dominant ethnic moment: towards the abolition of 'whiteness'? -Ethnicities 6(2), pp.231-253The Dominant Ethnic Moment: Towards the Abolition of 'Whiteness'?In the past decade and a half, the study of the American white majority has blossomed into a major academic endeavour. So-called 'White Studies' provided an important service in opening up a 'hidden' field of study that remained neglected as recently as the early 1990s. However, in this article, I suggest that while the study of whites and white racial systems is important, the White Studies approach possesses little heuristic value for scholars attempting to explain majority responses to multicultural politics. 'Whiteness' is a colloquial term used by local actors to describe the lived reality of dominant ethnicity as it appears from the 'inside' of American society. Scholars should be more critical, comparative and discerning than their subjects: 'white' is the particular racial boundary marker which distinguishes dominant ethnic groups from subaltern ones in a small proportion of the world's nations. Whiteness informs, but does not constitute, dominant ethnicity and we should not mistake the content of group boundary markers for the essentials. Particular cultural markers are neither necessary nor sufficient conditions for ethnicity.The paper goes further, claiming that White Studies suffers from a number of serious flaws which should lead us to question whether this approach can continue to advance the frontiers of knowledge in the wider sphere of ethnic and racial studies. These flaws include: 1) a constructivism which fails to recognise the cognitive and social processes that underpin social 'reality'; 2) an excessive emphasis on ethnic boundaries as opposed to ethnic narratives, thereby overstating the degree of malleability possible in ethnic identity; 3) a tacit belief in white exceptionalism, which overemphasises the ideological character of whiteness and deifies whites; 4) an elision of dominant ethnicity and race; and 5) a threefold parochialism in terms of place, time horizon and the role of race in ethnic studies. The first four flaws lead to problematic interpretations of the American context, while the final omission greatly hinders the usefulness of the whiteness paradigm outside the United States. This paper therefore begins by examining the American case and then moves to consider the international arena.An alternative to White Studies which avoids its pitfalls and helps us to better comprehend the rising socio-political forces of our time is the emerging study of dominant ethnicity. Grounded in a less reductionist, more international and more nuanced analytical context, I believe the dominant ethnicity approach provides the best way forward for understanding majority-group and dominant minority movements. Dominant ethnicity cannot encompass everything, and needs to be complemented by a racial studies perspective which can address problems that lie beyond the scope of ethnic studies.Howe...

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Dominant Group Ethnic Identity in the United States: The Role of “Hidden” Ethnicity in Intergroup Relations

Cited by 159 publications

References 53 publications

Beyond Ethnic Stereotypes – Identities and Outdoor Recreation Among Immigrants and Nonimmigrants in the Netherlands

Beyond Ethnic Stereotypes – Identities and Outdoor Recreation Among Immigrants and Nonimmigrants in the Netherlands

The wild (white) ones: comparing frames of white and black deviance

The Dominant Ethnic Moment

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