Ethnic and racial assimilation Melting pot or salad bowl Assimilation is the process by which many groups have been made a part of a common cultural life, which commonly shared values. The United states is described as a melting pot, because various racial and ethnic groups have been combined into one culture. The united states is described as a salad bowl, because various groups have remained different from one another. A bicultural group is characterized by considering themselves as Americans but also wants to retain their original language, traditions and culture. Assimilated: North European (Danish, German)
Wished: American Jews The establishment of the Dominant culture? 80% of the population were traced back to England, And 20% were black (1 mio. Native Americans) WASP (White anglo-saxon protestants) English speaking, Western Europe, Protestants, and middle class The Assimilation of Non-. Protestant and Non-western Europeans They came from poverty-stricken nations of southern- and eastern Europe American at the time were very fearful of the new immigrants, they saw them as a thread to the American values and way of life. The helped the new immigrants to find Jobs and houses, in exchange for votes.
Yes, Yes they were. The helped to assimilate large numbers of new immigrants. Rapidly expanding economy. The African-American Experience The Africans came unwillingly. Yes, Yes it is In the southern states it was the basis of the economy. A minority of whites insisted that slavery and freedom could not exists together, but the majority believed that the freedom and equality opportunity needed to be eventually take away their economic freedom. No worker could compete with an unpaid slave. No, the black people were still being discriminated and did not have equal opportunities of the whites
The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s The united states supreme court declared that racially segregated public shools did not provide equal educational opportunities for black americans and were therefore illegal. Martin Luther King p. 154 Kings goal was to bring about greater assimilation of black people into the larger American culture. Malcolm x’s goal was to separate black and whites, and build a society, one for black and one for whites. Race relations after the civil rights movement The civil rights laws of the 1960s helped to bring about a significant degree of ssimilation of the blacks into the larger American culture.
The amount of white prejudice toward black people was reduced, the number of African-Americans attending the nation’s colleges and universities, holding elective public office, and earning higher incomes increased dramatically In 1984 and 1988 Jesse Jackson was the first African-American to run for president of the united states. African-Americans are now members of congress They hold governmental offices They are sports and entertainment heroes, university professors, medical doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs, and reporters.
There is now a sizable black middle class There is still a gulf between the races Although African-Americans represent about 13 percent of the population, they are grossly underrepresented in congress The median income of a married black man working full time is 23 percent behind a married white man. Residential patterns create largely segregated neighborhood Half the whites live in the suburbs, but only a fourth of the blacks. Many blacks are trapped in cycles of poverty, unemployment, and despair in the inner city They are the most frequent victims of violent crime p. 1 55 p. 156 Many young black
