Ethnic Labels in the U.S.
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The construction of ôethnic labelsö in the U.S. is typical of many other imperialist, capitalist powers throughout history. Ethnic labels were defined as a means of determining an ethnocentric, superior, ôus,ö in order to justify the treatment of those considered the ethnic, inferior, and ôother.ö As Joseph H. Healey (2003) maintains, theories of conflict and power maintain that prejudice derived from ethnic labels ôàflows from competition between groups and then serves as a rationalization for exploitation and racial and ethnic stratification,ö (p. 107). We see that the ôblack/whiteö ethnic labels in American history have derived from such conflicts and have been used to justify the exploitation and racial and ethnic stratification of African Americans. If we examine the works of Suzanne Oboler (1995) in Ethnic Labels, Ethnic Lives, we see that Latinos, Hispanics, Mexicans, and Chicanos have been subjected to a similar process of ethnic and racial stratification in U.S. society. Oboler (1995) maintai
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