1. Assimilation Theory Colonization Complex
“Straight-Line” Assimilation Theory
Forms Of Assimilation
Forced•Permissible•Cultural•Structural
Anglo-Conformity
Amalgamation
Cultural Pluralism

2. Colonialization Complex
Robert Blauner
Forced Entry
Social Alteration
Colonialization Complex
Political Domination
Racist Justifications

3. “Straight Line” Assimilation Theory
Robert Park
Forced Entry
Contact
Social Alteration
Competition
“Straight Line” Assimilation Theory
Political Domination
Accommodation
Assimilation
Racist Justifications

4. How Assimilation Works
Robert Blauner
• Assimilation:
A Process By Which Members Of One Group Become Part Of Another Host Society.
Forced Assimilation
Dominant group refuses to allow minority to continue to follow its customs
Permissible Assimilation
Dominant group allows minority to adopt dominant patterns in its own way and at its own speed
Structural Assimilation
Behavioral assimilation involving primary institutions (e.g., families) or relationships
Cultural Assimilation
Behavioral assimilation involving secondary institutions (e.g., work, schools) or relationships
How Assimilation Works

5. A A + B + C + D = Anglo-Conformity
Only Host Institutions Are Desirable Host Language & Culture Is Superior Eventually Leads To Xenophobia

6. E A + B + C + D = Amalgamation All Cultures Absorbed & Contributing
For Us, It’s Called “American-ism”
“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 and vendettas! Germans and Frenchmen, Irishmen and Englishmen, Jews and Russians—into the Crucible with you all! God is making the American.” (Israel Zangwill 1908)

7. Cultural Pluralism or Multiculturalism
A + B + C + D =
A + B + C + D
A + B + C + D =
A + B + C + D
Cultural Pluralism or Multiculturalism
All Groups Maintain Unique Culture
“The equal co-existence of different cultural forms of life
within one and the same political community”
(Jürgen Habermas 2003)
Immigrants Adopt Some Host Aspects
This is also called “hyphenation”