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Identify and define four patterns of assimilation.

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Four patterns of assimilation are: Anglo – conformity, melting pot, cultural pluralism and accommodation. A) Anglo – conformity – in this pattern of assimilation traditional American institutions are maintained. Immigrants are accepted as long as they conform to the accepted standards of the society. Immigrants either give up or suppress their own values. B) Melting pot – in this pattern of assimilation all ethnic and racial minorities voluntary blend together. Here traditions and cultures exist side by side. C) Cultural pluralism – in which immigrants desire to maintain at least a remnant of their old ways is recognizes. D) Accommodation – is an extreme form of cultural pluralism. It occurs when a minority maintains its own culturally unique way of life.

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