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Herbert Gans characterized a “bumpy-line” approach to this process, in contrast to a pre-1990s “straight-line” approach. Alejandro Portes and Min Zhou developed a “segmented” theory of this process, which introduced the idea that it can be selective and racialized. It’s not mobility, but in the “downward” type of this process, children may attain a lower socioeconomic status than their parents; socioeconomic status, spatial concentration, and (*) intermarriage are three of the four criteria for measuring this process. A play by Israel Zangwill (10[1])originated a metaphor for the results of this process, which are often contrasted with the “salad bowl” created (-5[1])by pluralism. For 10 points, identify this process by which a minority (10[1])group adopts the (10[1])culture of the majority. (10[1]0[1])■END■

ANSWER: cultural assimilation [or immigrant assimilation; accept word forms like assimilating; prompt on immigrant integration, cultural integration, acculturation, or cultural amalgamation; prompt on forming a melting pot] (Israel Zangwill wrote the 1908 play The Melting Pot.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Mattias EhatammWaterloo AspidistraWaterloo Basic8010
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto AToronto B98-5
Asha BasuMcGill ACarleton A11010
Joey SunToronto Chestnut Rice and KamehamehaWaterloo Cloze11310
Jessica TangMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidiiToronto Metropolitan A11810
Parth JagtapToronto BToronto A1180

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