Name Milton Gordon | Role Sociologist | |
 | ||
Education Columbia University (1950) Books Assimilation in American Life: The role of race, religion and national origins Awards Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, Guggenheim Fellowship for Social Sciences, US & Canada | ||
Milton Myron Gordon (born October 3, 1918) is an American sociologist. He is most noted for having devised a theory on the Seven Stages of Assimilation. He was born in Gardiner, Maine.
- Acculturation: newcomers adopt language, dress, and daily customs of the host society (including values and norms).
- Structural assimilation: large-scale entrance of minorities into cliques, clubs and institutions in the host society.
- Marital assimilation: widespread intermarriage.
- Identification assimilation: the minority feels bonded to the dominant culture.
- Attitude reception assimilation refers to the absence of prejudice .
- Behavior reception assimilation refers to the absence of discrimination.
- Civic assimilation occurs when there is an absence of values and power struggles.
References
Milton Gordon Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA