Define pluralism, assimilation, segregation, and genocide. Give an example of each from U.S. history. How prevalent has each pattern been in U.S. history?
What will be an ideal response?
• Pluralism is a state in which people of all racial and ethnic categories have about the same overall social standing.
• Assimilation is the process by which minorities gradually adopt cultural patterns from the dominant majority population.
• Segregation is the physical and social separation of categories of people.
• Genocide is the systematic killing of one category of people by another.
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