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:

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The privileging of immigrants from northern Europe over those from southern Europe due to perceived biological inferiority is an example of ethnocentrism. This is the belief that one's own cultural or ethnic group is superior to others.

In Late Nineteenth-Century Debates on American Immigration, Many Scholars and Government