A 45-year old male client in a residential facility wonders aloud to his social worker that he wishes racial and ethnic minority residents could just assimilate into mainstream American norms. His beliefs MOST closely relate to which construct:

a) The U.S. as a melting pot
b) The cultural deficit model
c) The bicultural socialization model
d) Cultural pluralism


Answer: A

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