Question

The Matsui family came to the United States from Japan thirty years ago. They now speak English at home and the Matsui children date non-Japanese students at college. This family's story best illustrates which of the following concepts?a. Pluralism b. Segregation c. Assimilation d. Miscegenation

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is C. This family's story best illustrates the concept of assimilation.

Explanation:

Cultural assimilation is the socialization process of acculturation in which members of a non-dominant group mix with the dominant group and take over the culture, while letting go of their own culture. So there is a high degree of participation with and adaptation to the other group (outgroup), but hardly any cultural preservation and no deliberate participation with the own group (ingroup).  

The group in question thus ultimately merges into the dominating culture. For the absorbed group, this presupposes the loss of certain distinctive features, for example in the sphere of clothing, speech or manners, as a result of contact with that other culture or community.