Social science and ethnic options.

The article presents a response by the author to the essay "A Critique of Symbolic Ethnicity: The ideology of Choice?" by Yiorgos Anagnostou, discussing symbolic ethnic identity in U.S. society in the late 20th-century. Comments are given highlighting the citations and criticism used against her book "Ethnic Options: Choosing Identities in America." The author notes the ideological disagreements between her and Anagnostou, defends the methodology used within her text, and reasserts the conclusions she initially presented.