In the early 1900s,native-born Americans,usually Protestants,did NOT consider Irish,Italian,or Jewish immigrants to be white.What does this illustrate?
A) racial passing
B) an enactment of symbolic ethnicity
C) the social construction of race
D) racial pluralism

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This illustrates the social construction of race, which is the idea that racial categories are created and defined by social and cultural factors rather than biological ones. In this case, the perceived whiteness of Irish, Italian, and Jewish immigrants was influenced by cultural and social prejudices rather than any inherent physical characteristics.

In the Early 1900s,native-Born Americans,usually Protestants,did NOT Consider Irish,Italian,or Jewish