The term community misrepresents ethnic minorities as homogeneous bounded groups

Evidence

The term “community” (as in “ethnic minority communities”) accurately reflects the strong sense of group identity found among them. However, it can be dangerously misleading. The model is an idealization of the face-to-face relationships of the one-class village, connoting homogeneous groups with strong, binding, internal ties and very clear boundaries separating them from the outside world. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 331

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the critique of ‘community’ as a term that idealizes homogeneous, bounded face-to-face groups, misleading when applied to internally diverse ethnic minorities.