Ethnic America: A History

What is the theme in Ethnic America: A History by Thomas Sowell?

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Ethnic differences make up the main theme of the book. Sowell argues that often ethnicities are approached monolithically and ethnic minorities are treated almost exclusively according to their similarities, while acknowledging their differences becomes politically incorrect. One of the points of Ethnic America: A History is to emphasize ethnic differences in an attempt to explain why some immigrant grou