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In this reading, Mary C. Waters explains, six different aspects, ethnic identity for whites in the 1990s, the ethnic miracle, symbolic ethnicities for white Americans, race relations and symbolic ethnicity, relations on college campuses, and institutional responses. Ethnic identity for whites in the 1990s states, ethnicity is a social phenomenon, not a biological one. Whites are able to claim an ethnicity if they chose so, or they could just be white. Whites are the majority groups, who have the most power. The ethnic miracle explains, by the 1990s most European-origin ethnic groups in the United States were composed of a very small number of immigrants, and a very large amount of people whose link to their ethnic origins in Europe was increasingly remote. However, many white still report their ethnic background. Symbolic Ethnicities are white Americans states, these activities are essential for family traditions, and are reinforced throughout generations. Also, white are able to......

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