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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This is an example of ethnocentrism because the scholars and officials are judging the cultural and biological superiority of one group over another without considering the perspective or context of the southern European immigrants.

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