Thursday, April 10, 2014

Panethnicity

I think that panethnicity is a useful response to discrimination and racial lumping. It could help make people feel less hated because they wouldn't be picked on. However, I do think that panethnicity is still a problem. Like we talked about in class, certain ethnic groups may feel left out when being placed within other ethnicities. For a person to feel wanted and good about themselves they should be able to identify with whatever ethnicity they so choose. There are a lot of ethnicities that people mix up, like most Asian cultures. Because people can't tell the difference most of the time, they assume that they are all the same. If people were to gain the knowledge of different ethnicities I think this would solve the problem of racial lumping and panethnicity. However, I think that there will still be discrimination whether panethnicity or racial lumping is used. People are going to hate based on how they view others.






1 comment:

  1. Rob: Wonderful post about self-identification and the spectrum of sides to take on the pan ethnicity issue. The graph you uploaded is genius. It also begs the question as to why groups who have larger populations in the US (Filipinos) have less political voice and do not have as large numbers as elected officials.

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