Word: assimilationism
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In any attempt at understanding a different culture, it is vital to consciously suspend one's cultural biases. The arguments and cross-examination of St. Clair, whose previous clients include a disgraced former president, actively violated this standard throughout the trial. St. Clair deliberately and subtly appealed to the prejudices...
He said the defense lawyers offered the jury a false definition of a tribe, which may have confused the jury. St. Clair emphasized the assimilation of the Mashpee Indians in his arguments but Tureen said "You don't stop being an Indian because you're culturally assimilated."
To a great extent this has been done. Nothing lies beyond the scope of the inquiring lens. The assimilation of the world goes on faster and faster; the camera furnishes us with our prototypes. "Instead of just recording reality," Sontag argues, "photographs have become the norm for the way things...
If the primary objective of the colonialists was to bring civilization and religion to Africa, then the wealth and dazzling beauty of Africa was too tempting for their feeble minds. Civilization was brutal and savage; the cross lost track of the guiding light, and the primary motive of their cause...
Indian people are coerced into assimilating into the "melting pot" of the American society and economy; yet assimilation spells disaster for the Native culture. Economic deprivation of Indian peoples, abuse of Indian labor, and calculatedly destitute conditions ravage Indian communities and culture.