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These groups are part of a wider trend called self-segregation. This phenomenon occurs when individuals of a certain—in this case racial or ethnic??group separate themselves from the community at large and study, hang out, and party primarily with other individuals of that group. Unlike the segregation that was forced on African-Americans in the South before the 1960s, self-segregation is instituted voluntarily by the members of the affected group. It is facilitated here at Harvard by College-endorsed student organizations which serve as central locations at which to meet other members...
...Most Popular.” In this world, points are subtracted for celebrity chefs, and service and decor are only a detraction from delicious food, not a means to an end. The Holy Grail, the establishment that serves authentic”ethnic?? cooking, not dumbed down for the American palate, is worth more than all others combined. It is often spoken of in hushed tones, with a reverent bow of the head, but so rarely found...
...America and Latino America are very different subjects, and it’s hard to see why their history or sociology must be studied under the same rubric of “ethnic studies”—implying that some groups and regions are “ethnic?? while others contain only colorless atomic selves. The curricular imbalance can be corrected by financial incentives, encouraging existing departments to explore neglected areas in more depth. The need for a new concentration arises only if the discipline itself is something new, and this is where the harder questions...
...nation is a story of arrivals. Almost all Americans arrived here at some point or another. To ignore the study of the self-definitions and boundaries of ethnicity is to deny the very characteristic that makes us American. What is American is constantly evolving. What is “ethnic??—what is “other”—can no longer be separated from what is American...