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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
Colo
nia
lizati
on
Colo
nia
lizati
on
Com
ple
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om
ple
x
Forced Forced EntryEntry
Social Social AlterationAlteration
Political Political DominationDomination
Racist Racist JustificatiJustificati
onsons
Robert Robert BlaunerBlauner
““ Str
aig
ht
Line”
Str
aig
ht
Line”
Ass
imila
tion
Ass
imila
tion
Theory
Theory
Robert ParkRobert Park
Forced Forced EntryEntry
Social Social AlterationAlteration
Political Political DominatioDominatio
nn
Racist Racist JustificationJustification
ss
ContacContactt
CompetitionCompetition
AccommodatioAccommodationn
AssimilatioAssimilationn
How
Ass
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tion
How
Ass
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tion
Work
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ork
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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
-Confo
rmity
Anglo
-Confo
rmity
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
Am
alg
am
atio
n
Am
alg
am
atio
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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)
Cultu
ral P
lura
lism
Cultu
ral P
lura
lism
or M
ulticu
ltura
lism
or M
ulticu
ltura
lism
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”