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Difference Between Acculturation and Assimilation

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"d39b46b3f7ef22b4a3a221038394de7c" data-index&equals;"1" style&equals;"float&colon; left&semi; margin&colon; 10px 10px 10px 0&semi;">&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- Sociology Learners 336 X 280 Post Top --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;inline-block&semi;width&colon;336px&semi;height&colon;280px" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-7649183549375766" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1656902389"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine;&lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">When two cultures come into contact with one another&comma; change in culture is inevitable&period; When two cultures comes in contact with one another&comma; it can go through acculturation or&comma; assimilation&period; Native culture can completely change and absorb in the host culture&comma; or&comma; native culture can adopt few elements of host culture&period; Both concepts refer to the change in culture&comma; when the dissimilarity is recognizable between the host and native culture it’s known as acculturation&period; And if the difference between two cultures are unrecognizable then the culture is gone through assimilation&period;&nbsp&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">In acculturation process&comma; group adopt few elements of host culture&period; It can be language or&comma; clothing or&comma; food or&comma; customs&period; However&comma; if there is still identifiable difference between host culture and native culture then the culture is gone through acculturation&period; In acculturation the native culture adopt few elements of host culture but&comma; still practice few of their own elements of culture as well&period; So&comma; it is not the complete adaptation of host culture or dominant culture rather&comma; few modification in the native culture&comma; which resulted from adaptation of host culture elements&period; On the other hand&comma; assimilation is the process in which native culture go through complete change and adopt all the elements of host culture&period; In other words&comma; if one can differentiate between the host culture and native culture after going through a change&comma; then the process is known as acculturation&period; Whereas&comma; if one cannot differentiate between the host culture and native culture after going through a change&comma; the phenomenon will be called Assimilation&period; In assimilation process the minority culture get completely absorbed into dominant majority culture&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;--CusAds0-->&NewLine;<div style&equals;"font-size&colon; 0px&semi; height&colon; 0px&semi; line-height&colon; 0px&semi; margin&colon; 0&semi; padding&colon; 0&semi; clear&colon; both&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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