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  2. Cultural assimilation - Wikipedia

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    Indigenous people were regarded as inferior to white people by these policies, and often experienced discrimination in the predominantly white towns after having to move to seek work. [29] [31] Between 1910 and 1970, several generations of Indigenous children were removed from their parents, and have become known as the Stolen Generations. The ...

  3. Bicultural identity - Wikipedia

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    In regards to bicultural identity, an individual may face conflict assimilating into both cultures or finding a balance between both. An individual may face challenges assimilating into the whole, collective culture. Similarly, an individual may face difficulty balancing their identity within themselves due to the influence of both of their ...

  4. Cultural assimilation of Native Americans - Wikipedia

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    This plan was part of an ambitious goal that in 50 years, 80% or more of the Cherokee people will be fluent in the language. [69] The Cherokee Preservation Foundation has invested $3 million into opening schools, training teachers, and developing curricula for language education, as well as initiating community gatherings where the language can ...

  5. Acculturation - Wikipedia

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    Kramer's (2000a, 2000b, 2000c, 2003, 2009, 2011) theory of Cultural Fusion, which is based on systems theory and hermeneutics, argues that it is impossible for a person to unlearn themselves and that by definition, "growth" is not a zero-sum process that requires the disillusion of one form for another to come into being but rather a process of ...

  6. Assimilation - Wikipedia

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    Cultural assimilation, the process whereby a minority group gradually adapts to the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture and customs . Language shift, also known as language assimilation, the progressive process whereby a speech community of a language shifts to speaking another language

  7. Americanization (immigration) - Wikipedia

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    Americanization is the process of an immigrant to the United States becoming a person who shares American culture, values, beliefs, and customs by assimilating into the American nation. [1] This process typically involves learning the American English language and adjusting to American culture, values, and customs.

  8. Emigrating seems like the dream. Why expats say living ... - AOL

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    A lot of people see expat life through “rose-colored glasses,” she adds, and think that moving is a way to “leave their problems behind” without fully understanding the challenges ahead ...

  9. Syncretism - Wikipedia

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    The gods Persephone-Isis and Hades-Serapis, an example of Greco-Egyptian syncretism. Syncretism (/ ˈ s ɪ ŋ k r ə t ɪ z əm, ˈ s ɪ n-/) [1] is the practice of combining different beliefs and various schools of thought.