SOCIOL 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Asian Americans, Rolfing, Acculturation
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Different levels: institutional / structural / integration. Access to full participation at the institutional level. I. e. - politics, education, etc: economic. Passes/matches economic ability of the majority (caucasians: cultural / behavioral / acculturation. Norms, behaviors, values, etc: transnational / segmented / selective. Becomes a two-way process in which they assimilate while maintaining their ethnic culture. Speed of assimilation: racial similarities or differences. You look like the majority more and can therefore assimilate easier: economic conditions. More difficult to assimilate when competing for jobs: social class + type of immigrant. More educated = easier to fit in through fluency and available resources (middle class) More time to plan as a conventional immigrant: government policy. When laws promote assimilation, more third parties will offer assistance: ethnic community. Helps forge a new social bridge of sorts to help w/getting info. Political, economic, etc. competitions groups unit and strengthen group identity: reaction to discrimination. Fight: fight back to assert identities (esp. as a group)
