GE CLST 20B Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Cultural Pluralism
3 Apr 2017
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Assimilation theory: sociological study of how immigrant adapt and are incorporated into new society, part of the us sociology because of extensive immigration in past and present, older models vs. contemporary model. Assimilation model: assimilate into constant mainstream of anglo-saxon. Protestant: typology including, cultural first and inevitable, structural next and not inevitable. Indistinguishable from mainstream: intermarriage, identification, civic participation, and ending of prejudice and discrimination: long process of many generations. Major groups: 1800s: western-northern europeans (germany), largely. Protestant: 1900s: irish, catholics, 1880-1920: italians, catholics, 1880-1920: eastern european jews: russians, poles. Ambivalent to assimilation: 19th century: wanted to succeed economically, wanted to retain language of origin, language schools, wanted to retain cultural values, viewed american values as problematic, resisted religious change and intermarriage. Immigrant groups in early-20th century considered separate and distinct. Becoming white: mid 20th century: privilege of citizenship, loss of country of origin identity became white, socio-economic differences are minimal. Intermarriage among european groups: although religious distinctions remained.
