Anon's Theory Of Under-Education

The third perspective that pertains to this situation is the assimilation perspective. The assimilation perspective proposes that a racial or ethnic group’s experiences are determined by how much their behavior and attitudinal norms resemble those of the “mainstream” society. More specifically, Anon was engaging in structural assimilation which occurs when minority group members physically become members of the larger society by working for companies, attending big universities, joining mainstream clubs/sports, etc. Anon broke the cycle of “under-education” by becoming the first person to attend college in her family. Unfortunately her mother, who was the only parental figure in her home, never got to celebrate the accomplishment due to her passing earlier in Anon’s life. Even though Anon was attending college for the …show more content…
and Jonathan H. Turner. In the book, the authors discuss how white individuals also display characteristics associated with pluralist perspective. “ For example, third- and even fourth-generation Irish Americans Poles, and Italians continue to display their ethnic identities; moreover, they often strive to create new symbols to mark with pride their ethnic heritage” (Aguirre). It is not strictly minorities that want to stand out amongst the larger population of whites in America, but instead, subclasses of whites also strive to point out their unique cultural characteristics. Anon was engaging in exactly this form of cultural expression while rooming with Red. Anon did not dress “preppy” like the general white population, nor did she come from an area that expected this kind of dress code to be acceptable. Instead, she chose to dress in a fashion that reflected the culture of the area she had lived in prior to moving in with Red at