It is a policy which was usually forced upon indigenous peoples to change them into their European or European-American counterparts. White people felt that natives needed to be civilized according to their values and they also felt that natives could not assimilate into white cultures unless they acted like they were white.
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The French thought that they should preserve the traditional institutions of the local people, instead of allowing communities to evolve separately from mainstream society.
In 1945, about 1 million French colonists and about 9 million Arab and berber Muslims were living in the North African country of Algeria, France's principal overseas colony. Some of the colonists had lived there for generations. They were unwilling to give up their land without a fight. france claimed to offer full citizenship rights to its colonial subjects-a policy called assimilation. In reality, assimilation wa hard to achieve. The colonists refused to share political power.
Assimilation was the official policy of the Australian government from 1901 to the mid-1960s, requiring migrants to adopt Australian customs, values, and language while abandoning their own cultural identities. This approach aimed to create a homogenous society, often sidelining the rights and identities of Indigenous Australians and non-European migrants. The policy reflected a broader belief in the superiority of Anglo-Celtic culture and sought to integrate immigrants into the dominant cultural framework. Over time, this policy faced criticism and was eventually replaced by multiculturalism in recognition of Australia's diverse population.
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Assimilation is the process of digesting food and absorption of nutrient.
The French abandoned the policy of assimilation partly because the policy itself contravened with their original pre-occupations of their colonial policy in several ways
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Assimilation policy adopted by the US government was not a good idea because it led to unnecessary racism and elements of bigotry as it does not respect immigrant cultures.
The government's policy of assimilation of the Native Americans was a failure because the government wanted to eliminate them. The government wanted the Native Americans to remain powerless.
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The Australian assimilation policy was not a success because it did not respect the culture of the aborigines. There was a great deal of resistance to the policy and even those aborigines that agreed to be assimilated often faced discrimination and did not feel at home in the new culture.
The policy of integration allowed Aboriginal people to practice their culture and religion while living amongst people of other cultures and religions. Assimilation on the other hand was a policy to absorb Aboriginal people into white society.
The policy you are referring to is known as assimilation. It involves the dominant nation imposing its culture, language, and institutions on the colonies with the aim of erasing their distinctiveness and integrating them into the imperial system.
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