Assignment:
What makes the U.S. an assimilationist society? Who benefits and who suffers from it? Summarize the concepts of assimilation and pluralism. Is assimilation achieved in our society? I need scholarly resources and two to three paragraphs total.
I understand assimilation means adaption to another culture and become integrated, and conforms to its functionalities of life; blending within the dominant culture and /or rest of the populace. And pluralism is the opposite of assimilation as it is a condition that produces sustained ethnic differentiation and continued heterogeneity.
I always thought that while America is a melting pot there is not a lot of assimilation. I need help with understanding this. My text is too general. I need writing I can understand, so I can write about it.