Word: assimilationism
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Integrating Europe Your report on the problem of integrating minorities into European societies was very timely [Feb. 26]. Some of the solutions Jumana Farouky advocated, however, struck me as unrealistic. As I see it, multiethnic and multiracial societies have not worked well anywhere else. The secret to peaceful coexistence is...
Back in that day there were missionaries and colonial administrators and educators pushing Christianity, the backwardness of non-western societies, and the bright future of European civilization, technology, and culture. One of the stated goals of the French colonial policy in Africa was cultural assimilation—to better the...
Such forced linguistic assimilation at Harvard is still commonplace. While there are certainly undergraduates and faculty members from locales such as Medford, where the Boston accent is de rigueur, I have yet to hear the hub’s trademark non-rhoticity on campus. This does not mean that everyone...
Mark Adomanis’s column “Affirmative Action Returns” (November 30) is both thoughtful and intelligent. As an immigrant, with Asian and Hispanic roots, I have often wondered who made the decision that Asians were over-represented and, as such, were not considered part of...
New citizens swear to "bear true faith and allegiance" to the Constitution, pledging loyalty to a document written by men who could hardly have imagined a pluralistic democracy of this many people practicing this many faiths and speaking this many languages. The framers wondered whether Americans had enough in common...