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Resisting Assimilation and Other Forms of Integration
Author(s) -
Garcia Jesus A.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
sociology compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 31
ISSN - 1751-9020
DOI - 10.1111/soc4.12365
Subject(s) - assimilation (phonology) , immigration , sociology , diversity (politics) , cultural assimilation , ethnic group , race (biology) , social integration , white (mutation) , racial integration , epistemology , empirical research , gender studies , social science , social psychology , anthropology , psychology , political science , law , linguistics , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
This paper discusses a de‐centered and critical examination of race‐relations cycle theory and studies. This assessment of minority integration argues that theorists and researchers continue to estimate the degree of individual and group assimilation in terms of unidirectional conclusions established by the canons of assimilation. From these foundations and into 21st century studies, immigrant and native‐born minority integration are still primarily contextualized as unidirectional despite the reality of modern diversity and the lack of full assimilation among native‐born non‐White minorities. Thus, new subcultural descriptions and discussions for contemporary process of social integration should be developed and grounded in the contemporary empirical experiences of minorities.