Gordon, Assimilation
In this reading Gordon defines the assimilation theory as “a process of interpretation and fusion in which persons and groups acquire the memories, sentiments, and attitudes of other persons or groups, and, by sharing their cultural experience and history, are incorporated with them in a common cultural life.” Gordon focuses on cultural and structural marital assimilation. He defines cultural assimilation as the adoption of aspects of a new dominant culture. Gordon also states that cultural assimilation is the first type of assimilation to take place. He then defines structural assimilation as the full incorporation of an ethnic group into a society. Meaning they have equal access to education, financial institutions and …show more content…
He considers this the definition of environmental racism. He goes on to say that hazardous pollutant producing projects and industries always tend to happen in the neighborhoods that have low-income. Therefore, the people that live in these areas, usually minorities, have a disproportionate exposure to hazardous material that could potentially cause serious health concerns. He pulls in the incineration plant as an example to help further his idea stating that that was one of the projects that was dumped into the community known as Mothers of East Los Angeles. This group consists of a network of around 400 families that fought against the dumping of the incineration plants in these low-income neighborhoods. They ended up working together to become a voice for the community and ended up stopping the construction of toxic was incinerator in there area. With the extreme diversity in East LA that the community activist had to show that stopping the incinerator being manufactured in their areas was beneficial for all groups (African Americans, Latin American, and …show more content…
The process occurs every 10 years after the census and has a influence on the political power of people within the zones. According to federal law, these districts must be equal in size and population so that theoretically, each district is equally represented. In New York City’s Chinatown, there wa sa debate on whether an Asian should be elected or whether policies should be the first priority rather than race. Due to the city charter increasing the number of districts in NYC from 35 to 41, the community saw an opportunity to gain political power. Since the AAFE figured whites are more likely to vote for an Asian American, it was decided that they would incorporate the white middle class district. This backfired because of their negligence to the long history of
In this reading Gordon defines the assimilation theory as “a process of interpretation and fusion in which persons and groups acquire the memories, sentiments, and attitudes of other persons or groups, and, by sharing their cultural experience and history, are incorporated with them in a common cultural life.” Gordon focuses on cultural and structural marital assimilation. He defines cultural assimilation as the adoption of aspects of a new dominant culture. Gordon also states that cultural assimilation is the first type of assimilation to take place. He then defines structural assimilation as the full incorporation of an ethnic group into a society. Meaning they have equal access to education, financial institutions and …show more content…
He considers this the definition of environmental racism. He goes on to say that hazardous pollutant producing projects and industries always tend to happen in the neighborhoods that have low-income. Therefore, the people that live in these areas, usually minorities, have a disproportionate exposure to hazardous material that could potentially cause serious health concerns. He pulls in the incineration plant as an example to help further his idea stating that that was one of the projects that was dumped into the community known as Mothers of East Los Angeles. This group consists of a network of around 400 families that fought against the dumping of the incineration plants in these low-income neighborhoods. They ended up working together to become a voice for the community and ended up stopping the construction of toxic was incinerator in there area. With the extreme diversity in East LA that the community activist had to show that stopping the incinerator being manufactured in their areas was beneficial for all groups (African Americans, Latin American, and …show more content…
The process occurs every 10 years after the census and has a influence on the political power of people within the zones. According to federal law, these districts must be equal in size and population so that theoretically, each district is equally represented. In New York City’s Chinatown, there wa sa debate on whether an Asian should be elected or whether policies should be the first priority rather than race. Due to the city charter increasing the number of districts in NYC from 35 to 41, the community saw an opportunity to gain political power. Since the AAFE figured whites are more likely to vote for an Asian American, it was decided that they would incorporate the white middle class district. This backfired because of their negligence to the long history of