Question

In late nineteenth-century debates on American immigration, many scholars and government officials privileged immigrants from northern Europe over those from southern Europe, such as Italians and Greeks, because the officials felt these southern people were a separate and inferior biological race with primitive ways. This is an example of:A. ethnocentrism.B. elitism.C. genocide.D. ethnocide.E. caste boundaries.

Answer 1

Answer: Option A.

Explanation:

Ethnocentrism is a major factor in the divisions among members of different ethnicities, races, and religious groups. It's the belief that one's ethnic group is superior to another.

It is also the evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture.