In Some Societies, What Is Used to Absorb a Minority

question 37

Multiple Choice

In some societies, what is used to absorb a minority group into the mainstream culture by allowing the minority group to adopt the dominant group's patterns in their own way and at their own speed?

• A) Acculturation
• B) Cultural duplication
• C) Multiculturalism
• D) Cultural adaptation
• E) Permissible assimilation

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