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Even though it has had a very rocky history and has never succeeded as a policy, assimilation is still a very popular idea in America. Why is this? Could it work? And, if it’s possible, why did it fail in the past? Are there alternatives to this approach?
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Assimilation in America
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ASSIMILATION IN AMERICA
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Assimilation in America
Nearly one century ago, the majority of the immigrants arriving in the U.S. were poor
white Europeans from Italy, Ireland, and other parts of Eastern Europe. Within a few
generations, these families had settled and generated large amounts of wealth. Assimilation as a
policy has never succeeded in the U.S. Currently; a large segment of the immigrants into
America is people of color from Latin America, Asia, Africa, and other parts of the world.
Assimilation is still popular because immigrants keep arriving in the country and they contribute
to the country in many different ways (Barbieri, 2016). Immigration is a debated topic in the
count...
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