White American Ethnic

White American Ethnic

            White Americans are the Americans that descend from any white race group of Middle East, Europe as well as North Africa. They constitute the current and the historical majority of all the people in the US with an average percentage of about 72% (Wood, 1). The census bureau refers to white Americans and defines them as the people having origins in the original places that is Europe, Middle East, and North Africa. Also, the bureau asserts that the largest ethnic group of the White Americans is the European Americans (Minahan, 3). The aim of this paper is to research on the White American Ethic group, its power, control, and the effects of its tyrannical rule among the people.

Among the white Americans, white privileges were established through the exercise of the white power over other individuals such as slaves as part of the culture in the south. Harkins, (1) believes that they were guided by the belief that the whites had equality in terms of interests in the maintenance of white privileges and the fact that it was the elite who controlled the political system, the economy as well as the judiciary. Despite the exercise of power, many whites remained at their poverty state only left with the option of selling their labor as farm renters or as workers in the industries (Wood, 1).

According to Minahan, (3), individuals such as Thomas Jefferson supported the enactment of solid Anglo—Savon yeoman class meant for wee farmers. These farmers, would acquire a fixed gain in law as well as rejecting class conflicts with the elite in the society (Minahan, 3). By supporting law and order, and administering legal mechanisms, the small farmers would enable the control of other whites by ensuring that they remain landless only to provide labor force through the support of the illegal and legal mechanisms in charge of the Africans, poor whites as well as the Native Americans (Harkins, 1).

Wood, (1). Asserts that a scene of white superiority enabled struggling Northern whites to gain the ability to look down upon the blacks and recent immigrations especially the Irish. This was a way of making up for their difficult situation by providing a psychological pay rather than cash (Minahan, 3). With this tool, many whites expressed their superiority over non-whites as well as defining them as the enemy. Through the focus on trade union help, the immigrants, as well as the blacks, were marginalized from skilled trades as well as jobs that were paying better (Harkins, 1).

A redefinition of the whiteness among the American ethnic was built on the replacement of gender as well as the changing class association or connection (Minahan, 3). The native whites who included women, men and journalists among others started discouraging married women from seeking for jobs with the aim of getting wages (Harkins, 1). They claimed that true women only served their families. Despite this outrage against women, they continued to work outside their homes except in cases where native men were able to work in their place, strikes, and exclusion of women in general. This gave the native working men the ability to force employers to pay them little wages (Minahan, 3).

In conclusion, the white American ethnic had gained much superiority and exercised its power over the subjects in the 18^nth century. However, the regime was characterized by racism, corruption, and tyranny among other moral misconducts. This lead to the suffering of those in need of refuge such as the immigrants as well as the slaves.

Works cited

Harkins, Anthony. “Nancy Isenberg. White Trash: A 400-Year Untold History Of Class In America.”. The American Historical Review, vol 122, no. 3, 2017, pg. 1. Oxford University Press (OUP), doi:10.1093/ahr/122.3.823.

Wood, Joseph S. “Strangers In Their Own Land: Anger And Mourning On The American Right; White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History Of Class In America; Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir Of A Family And Culture In Crisis”. The AAG Review Of Books, vol 6, no. 3, 2018, pg. 1. Informa UK Limited, doi:10.1080/2325548x.2018.1471939.

James B. Minahan “Ethnic Groups Of The Americas”: An Encyclopedia Santa Barbara, CA ABC-Clio 2013 9781610691642 $111 And Up For An Institutional License, Depending On FTE”. Vol 28, no. 1, 2014, pg. 3. Emerald, doi:10.1108/rr-07-2013-0165.