Scholars have argued that immigrant groups like the Irish and Italians were initially considered a race apart from native-born Anglo-Saxon white Americans. However, over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Irish and Italian immigrants managed to become part of dominant white culture. This historical context reveals how different cultures are absorbed into a single mainstream culture, a process also known as:

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The process described in the question is assimilation, which involves the absorption of a minority group or culture into the dominant culture. Multiculturalism emphasizes the coexistence of multiple cultures without one dominating the other, so it is not the correct answer. Ethnocentrism refers to the belief in the superiority of one's own culture, and apoliticism refers to political neutrality or disengagement, neither of which are the correct answer in this context.

Scholars Have Argued That Immigrant Groups Like the Irish and Italians