melting-pot theory

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A theory that it is socially beneficial to encourage ethnic groups to assimilate into a host society. Sporting contacts between different ethnic groups may facilitate this assimilation when members of a team come from different backgrounds, but if the team members come from the same background, assimilation is less likely. Compare cultural mosaic theory.