Assimilation is the end–product of a process of acculturation, in which an individual has changed so much as to become dissociated from the value system of his group, or in which the entire ...

Assimilation: Shedding one’s heritage culture and identity and fully absorbing the dominant culture. Integration: Maintaining one’s heritage culture while interacting with the dominant culture.

Mary Beth McCullough, Kerrie A. Pieloch, Amy K. Marks, Body Image, Assimilation, and Weight of Immigrant Adolescents in the United States, Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, Vol. 22, No. 2 ...

Notable exceptions to full assimilation into “American culture” have been African-Americans, who were forcibly brought here as slaves, and Native Americans.

Center for American Progress PRESS CALL: Assimilation Today – New Evidence on the Advancement of Immigrants in America’s Culture and Economy Press AdvisoryAugust 30, 2010Aug 30, 2010 ...

Assimilation: Shedding one’s heritage culture and identity and fully absorbing the dominant culture. Integration: Maintaining one’s heritage culture while interacting with the dominant culture.