The process whereby a group gradually adopts the characteristics of another culture.14 [Sociologists commonlydistinguish between forced and unforced assimilation. In forced assimilation, a person or group is compelled to takeon the practices of another culture, such as by adopting that culture’s language and religious traditions. In unforcedassimilation, a person takes on the practices of another culture but is not forcibly compelled to do so. Sociologists usethe concept of assimilation to describe one way a person or group of a particular culture (such as immigrants) mightrespond to or blend with another culture, or how a minority cultural group might relate to a dominant cultural group. https://www.chegg.com/homework-help/definitions/assimilation-49]
Santa Fe College Office of Diversity. Terms associated with diversity: assimilation. Retrieved from http://www.sfcollege.edu/diversity/?section=defining_diversity.
