White ethnic groups

Andrea Burns

Learning about the white ethnic groups and the racism they faced really interested me. I was brought up in a Catholic household with an Irish background. I was amused to find out that I was considered to be a part of the second level of the American Ethnic hierarchy today. I personally do not care about any such things but my parents do. They're racist and find themselves to be so much greater than many groups of people. They seem themselves as being at the top because they're white. However, their religion and heritage places them in an ethnic group that is not at the top level. While by looking at them, you do not see their background in them however. They can hide that as much or little as they want. Despite being part of this second level, white ethnic groups really don't seem to face any discrimination any more. This could be because that on the outside, everyone does look like the same. No one knows whose Protestant or Catholic by looking at them. While the discrimination against these groups hardly exists any longer, the stereotypes unfortunately still do.