Assimilation

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The process of adapting to and adopting the dominant culture of a new country or society.

Cultural identity: The perception of individuals' membership in a particular cultural group.
Cultural relativism: The concept that different cultures have unique values and norms.
Acculturation: The process of adapting to the values, customs, and behaviors of a new culture while retaining elements of one's own culture.
Assimilation: The process that occurs when individuals or groups from different cultures adopt the culture of the dominant group.
Multiculturalism: Recognizing and respecting cultural differences and promoting diversity and equality.
Stereotyping: Generalizing and oversimplifying beliefs made about groups of individuals based on their ethnicity, gender, etc.
Prejudice and discrimination: Prejudging or disliking individuals based on their race, ethnicity, or other characteristics.
Intercultural competence: Having the skills and ability to effectively communicate and interact with individuals from different cultural backgrounds.
Diversity in the workplace: Understanding, accepting, and managing cultural differences in the workplace environment.
Intersectionality: Acknowledging the overlap of various identities and how they contribute to an individual's experiences and challenges within society.
"Cultural assimilation is the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society's majority group or assimilate the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group..."
"The different types of cultural assimilation include full assimilation and forced assimilation."
"Full assimilation is the more prevalent of the two, as it occurs spontaneously."
"When used as a political ideology, assimilationism refers to governmental policies of deliberately assimilating ethnic groups into the national culture."
"During cultural assimilation, minority groups are expected to adapt to the everyday practices of the dominant culture through language and appearance as well as via more significant socioeconomic factors..."
"Some types of cultural assimilation resemble acculturation in which a minority group or culture completely assimilates into the dominant culture..."
"In other types of cultural assimilation such as cultural integration mostly found in multicultural communities, a minority group within a given society adopts aspects of the dominant culture through either cultural diffusion or for practical reasons..."
"A conceptualization describes cultural assimilation as similar to acculturation while another merely considers the former as one of the latter's phases."
"Throughout history, there have been different forms of cultural assimilation. Examples of types of acculturation include voluntary and involuntary assimilation."
"Assimilation could also involve the so-called additive acculturation wherein, instead of replacing the ancestral culture, an individual expands their existing cultural repertoire."
"The different types of cultural assimilation include full assimilation and forced assimilation."
"During cultural assimilation, minority groups are expected to adapt to everyday practices of the dominant culture through language and appearance..."
"...as well as via more significant socioeconomic factors such as absorption into the local cultural and employment community."
"...through either cultural diffusion or for practical reasons like adapting to another society's social norms while retaining their original culture."
"Full assimilation is the more prevalent of the two, as it occurs spontaneously."
"In other types of cultural assimilation such as cultural integration mostly found in multicultural communities, a minority group within a given society adopts aspects of the dominant culture through either cultural diffusion or for practical reasons like adapting to another society's social norms while retaining their original culture."
"Some types of cultural assimilation resemble acculturation in which a minority group or culture completely assimilates into the dominant culture..."
"When used as a political ideology, assimilationism refers to governmental policies of deliberately assimilating ethnic groups into the national culture."
"A conceptualization describes cultural assimilation as similar to acculturation while another merely considers the former as one of the latter's phases."
"Assimilation could also involve the so-called additive acculturation wherein, instead of replacing the ancestral culture, an individual expands their existing cultural repertoire."