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Unmeltable Ethnicity
Stereotypical 'Americanism' distorts the U.S. Church & the two big political parties
By John M. Grondelski | July 22nd 2024 11:34 AMMichael Novak’s The Rise of the Unmeltable Ethnics (1972) generated an ethnic pride movement in the 1970s. Americans of Eastern and Southern European ancestry, Latinos, and others came out of the WASP shadows to acknowledge that their heritage remained -- and legitimately remained -- part of their American identity. I…
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