Question

This term refers to the process that encourages and may even demand that members of ethnic and immigrant minority groups abandon their native customs, traditions, languages, and identities as quickly as possible and adopt those of mainstream society.

Answer 1

Answer:

The term is: Assimilation.

Explanation:

Assimilation means “the process of becoming a part” or “making someone become a part”; in this case we have an example of Cultural assimilation that refers to the process in which a minority group or culture comes to follow and absorb (assimilate) the behaviors and beliefs of another group.

For example, a forced assimilation occurred with the indigenous people of South America when European colonial policies compelled their religious conversion.