Milton Myron Gordon (October 3, 1918 – June 4, 2019) was an American
sociologist. He was most noted for having devised a theory on the Seven Stages of
Assimilation. He was born in
Gardiner, Maine
Gardiner is a city in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,961 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Popular with tourists, Gardiner is noted for its culture and old architecture. Gardiner is a nationally accredit ...
. Gordon died on June 4, 2019, at the age of 100.
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Acculturation
Acculturation refers to the psychological, social, and cultural transformation that takes place through direct contact between two cultures, wherein one or both engage in adapting to dominant cultural influences without compromising their essent ...
: newcomers adopt language, dress, and daily customs of the host society (including values and norms).
# Structural assimilation: large-scale entrance of minorities into cliques, clubs and institutions in the host society.
# Marital assimilation: widespread
intermarriage.
# Identification assimilation: the minority feels bonded to the dominant culture.
# Attitude reception assimilation refers to the absence of prejudice.
# Behavior reception assimilation refers to the absence of discrimination.
# Civic assimilation occurs when there is an absence of value conflicts and power struggles.
Bibliography
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*''Assimilation in Native and Immigrant groups'', special editor, Andres Suarez, Seminar presented June 9, 2008, London, Ontario
* "Dimensions of Ethnic Assimilation: An Empirical Appraisal of Gordon's Typology". Williams, J. Allen Jr. and Ortega, Suzanne T (1990). ''
Social Science Quarterly'', 71, 4, December 1990
* Milton M. Gordon
"The Concept of the Sub-Culture and Its Application" ''
Social Forces'' Vol. 26, No. 1 (Oct., 1947), pp. 40–42].
See also
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Melting pot
A melting pot is a Monoculturalism, monocultural metaphor for a wiktionary:heterogeneous, heterogeneous society becoming more wiktionary:homogeneous, homogeneous, the different elements "melting together" with a common culture; an alternative bei ...
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Immigration
Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as Permanent residency, permanent residents. Commuting, Commuter ...
References
1918 births
2019 deaths
American men centenarians
American sociologists
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