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Patterns of Racial & Ethnic Relations Professor Christine Monnier

Assimilation

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Patterns of Racial & Ethnic RelationsProfessor Christine Monnier

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What are patterns of racial & ethnic relations? Regular ways in which the dominant group treats the subordinate group(s):

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AssimilationPATTERNS OF RACIAL / ETHNIC RELATIONS

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Assimilation The process by which the minorities or subordinate groups take on the characteristics of the dominant group and are eventually accepted as part of it:

A + B + C = A

Conditions1. Large differences between dominant and subordinate groups;2. The dominant group refuses to accept minorities as equal;3. The minorities want to retain their own characteristics;4. The minorities are still concentrated rather than dispersed;5. The minorities are recent, with easy access to their homeland.

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Levels of Assimilation - Cultural Cultural assimilation acculturation

Who? Minorities

Minorities take on the cultural characteristics of the dominant groups: Language; Customs; Clothing and appearance; Religion, etc.

Anglo-conformity

“Indian schools” (p.209)

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Levels of Assimilation - Structural

Structural assimilation integration

Who? Dominant group

Minorities gain acceptance through all social institutions and their formal organizations.

Elimination of all forms of segregation (de jure / de facto).

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Levels of Assimilation - StructuralElimination of all forms of discrimination (individual / institutional): Educational Economic / workplace Political / voting Health / health care Marriages / family Criminal justice Etc…

Affirmative Action

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Levels of Assimilation - Biological

Biological assimilation amalgamation

Who? Dominant group

Removal of legal obstacles: anti-miscegenation law Interracial relationships / marriage bans

Obstacles in de facto residential segregation

More widespread in Mexico and Brazil than the US.

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Levels of Assimilation - Psychological

Psychological assimilation

Who? Both

Change in racial and ethnic self-identification

Obstacles: Rejection by the dominant group More difficult if minority group members look

very different from the dominant group members.

Dominant group does not “see” its own ethnic identification

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Biological

AssimilationIt is hard;

It is work;

It is not unilateral;

It requires as much from the dominant group as the minority;

It takes time;

Different groups assimilate at different paces.

Assimilation

Cultural Structural

PsychologicalBiological