What does it mean to be an “american”? if one is looking at american society from a “racial lens” one could see how advantages are awarded to communities across “racial lines” and how race structures social relationships (power dynamics) in the u.s. by race.

What does it mean to be an “American”?
if one is looking at American society from a “racial lens” one could see how advantages are awarded to communities across “racial lines” and how race structures social relationships (power dynamics) in the U.S. by race.
Essay Question: Using one of the following frameworks–“racial theory” or “ethnicity paradigm,” answer the following question: What does it mean to be an “American?”