The Politics of Race and Ethnicity in the United States: Americanization, De-Americanization, and Racialized Ethnic GroupsThis book examines and analyzes Americanization, De Americanization, and racialized ethnic groups in America. It shows that America's cultural homogeneity, which is based on "whiteness," has important consequences for racialized ethnic groups in America. The question, then, of who is an American becomes overriding. Although racialized ethnic groups remain unassimilated into the dominant culture, the recognition and celebration of the non dominant