SOC336H1 Lecture Notes - Visible Minority, Premiership Of Stephen Harper, Brubaker
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Immigration and identity (1): assimilation research and debates. Think of assimilation and multiculturalism as two sides of the coin. Abstract defn: increasing similarity or likeness to assimilate means to become similar, to make similar or to treat as similar (between things/entities) Sociological defn: the process by which the characteristics of members of immigrant groups and host societies come to resemble one another (brown. When we"re talking about assimilation and being absorbed into the dominant culture. Propose a different way of understanding it and conceptualizing it. Video: the great american melting pot (3:00) http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=32l3stfrfx8. Pre 1965 only european immigrants (this was a time where there weren"t any visible minorities) Stigma of melting pot (in canada) it wasn"t a good thing to strive for. The discourse in canada is that you don"t have to melt (we"re more of a cultural mosaic) and us have to melt . Original poster in a crucible (the pot) melting down metals to their liquid forms.
