SOCI 4360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Model Minority, Racialization, Human Capital
13 Jul 2019
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Classical assimilation=straight-line, convergence (straight-line trajectory) (chicago school (1920s), milton gorton (60s) Contrarily, if you have different experiences, those differences are based in different values. With time, every group becomes assimilated, might take more than one generation (2 or 3) Based on experiences of european immigrants in north america: different patterns of integration result from differences in education, language, values (deficit models) Later: recognition of different arenas of assimilation (marital, cultural, occupational, civic) The host society, the dominant/mainstream society also changes. Assimilation: the process by which the characteristics of immigrant groups and host societies come to resemble one another. That process, which has both economic and sociocultural dimensions begins with the immigrant generation and continues through the second generation and beyond. Fails to take into account the historical legacies of colonialism and slavery. Of origin professional technical: upward mobility to profess. /civic leadership. Offers a different model from a linear assimilation model.
