Re ethnic/racial categories useful or detriment to equality/equity

Re ethnic/racial categories useful or detriment to equality/equity? 

2. Is equity a solution to a problem caused by “made-

up” categories of people? 

3. Are racial and ethnic labels products that separate and divide people or useful language that 

helps people find a common identity to fight against privilege?

4. What’s more productive to have a multicultural America 

with labels or a mestizo (transcultural) America without labels? W

Discuss he pros and cons of racial/ethnic categorizations and takes a position on ethnic/racial categories as a way to preserve distinct physical and cultural values within American society. 

Use (3) readings to build your argument:

Ishmael Reed, “America: The Multicultural 

Society”

Espiritu and Omi, Who are you calling Asian? 

Rumbaut, The Pigment of Our Imagination

W. Perdomo, “Nigger-Reecan Blues” 

C. Hitz, “Generation X”

Chang, “Saying Yes”

Mukherjee, “To Ways to Belong in America.” 

Rich, “Split at the Root”

Peggy McIntosh, “Unpacking White Privilege”