Assimilation

Assimilation

TheoryTheory

Colonization Complex

Colonization Complex

““Straight-Line” Assimilation Theory

Straight-Line” Assimilation Theory

Forms Of Assimilation

Forms Of Assimilation

Forced•Permissible•Cultural•Structural

Forced•Permissible•Cultural•Structural

Anglo-Conformity

Anglo-Conformity

Amalgamation

Amalgamation

Cultural Pluralism

Cultural Pluralism

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Forced Forced EntryEntry

Social Social AlterationAlteration

Political Political DominationDomination

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Theory

Theory

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Forced Forced EntryEntry

Social Social AlterationAlteration

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CompetitionCompetition

AccommodatioAccommodationn

AssimilatioAssimilationn

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• • Assimilation:

Assimilation:A Process By Which Members Of One Group

Become Part Of Another Host Society.Forced Assimilation

Forced Assimilation

Dominant group refuses to allow minority to continue

Dominant group refuses to allow minority to continue

to follow its customs

to follow its customs

Permissible Assimilation

Permissible Assimilation

Dominant group allows minority to adopt dominant

Dominant group allows minority to adopt dominant

patterns in its own way and at its own speed

patterns in its own way and at its own speed

Structural Assimilation

Structural Assimilation

Behavioral assimilation involving

Behavioral assimilation involving primaryprimary institutions

institutions

(e.g., families) or relationships

(e.g., families) or relationships

Cultural Assimilation

Cultural Assimilation

Behavioral assimilation involving

Behavioral assimilation involving secondarysecondary

institutions (e.g., work, schools) or relationships

institutions (e.g., work, schools) or relationships

Robert Robert BlaunerBlauner

Anglo

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Anglo

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Only Host Institutions Are DesirableOnly Host Institutions Are Desirable

Host Language & Culture Is SuperiorHost Language & Culture Is Superior

Eventually Leads To XenophobiaEventually Leads To Xenophobia

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All Cultures Absorbed & ContributingAll Cultures Absorbed & Contributing

For Us, It’s Called “American-ism”For Us, It’s Called “American-ism”““Understand that America is God’s Crucible, the great Melting-Pot where Understand that America is God’s Crucible, the great Melting-Pot where

all the races of Europe are melting and reforming! A fig for your feuds all the races of Europe are melting and reforming! A fig for your feuds and vendettas! Germans and Frenchmen, Irishmen and Englishmen, and vendettas! Germans and Frenchmen, Irishmen and Englishmen, Jews and Russians—into the Crucible with you all! God is making the Jews and Russians—into the Crucible with you all! God is making the

American.” (Israel Zangwill 1908)American.” (Israel Zangwill 1908)

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All Groups Maintain Unique CultureAll Groups Maintain Unique Culture““The equal co-existence of different cultural forms of life The equal co-existence of different cultural forms of life

within one and the same political community”within one and the same political community”(Jürgen Habermas 2003)(Jürgen Habermas 2003)

Immigrants Adopt Some Host AspectsImmigrants Adopt Some Host AspectsThis is also called “hyphenation”This is also called “hyphenation”