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Originally Posted by shinerbock
But its important to note that just because a place is overwhelmingly white does not make it homogeneous. White people are from a lot of different backgrounds obviously, we're all just lumped into a single category.
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LOL. Of course whites are not homogeneous. No group is, although we can always make generalizations based on the norms of a particular context.
But you all were specifically talking about racial and ethnic diversity. White people are lumped into one category racially and ethnically because white people have chosen to assimilate into one category--as opposed to remaining distinctly Italian American, Polish American, Irish American, etc.
The link I provided has information on demographic breakdowns beyond race and ethnicity because I know that diversity is a broad category. Many Universities boast about being diverse, but they are only talking about the diverse backgrounds of their white students (most often social class and region).
