Ethnicity Confusion, Sara Ceraso Blog 12

Talking about the White Ethnic groups had me thinking. As time goes on there is less and less distinctions between the races we consider to be included in the white category. Irish Americans and Italian Americans are two of the most common I have noticed, and I happen to have family from each of those regions. Often, people cannot tell the difference between the two by looks alone. What I found curious was that when people confuse Koreans with Japanese, or Chinese, people get offended. Is it because they are part of a minority that supports why they get upset about it. I don't hear many stories of controversies of Italian Americans that get confused with German Americans, or Irish Americans. Just something I was thinking about.