Scenarios about 'cultural assimilation'
The process by which individuals or groups from one culture adopt the traits, practices, and beliefs of another dominant culture, often resulting in the diminishing of their original cultural identity. Cultural assimilation has occurred throughout history during colonization, immigration waves, and conquest, sometimes through voluntary adaptation but frequently through coercive policies or societal pressures. In alternate history scenarios, different patterns of cultural assimilation can dramatically alter linguistic boundaries, religious distributions, and national identities across regions.
What If English-Only Education Was Never Mandated?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Native American, immigrant, and other minority communities retained their linguistic rights in American education, dramatically reshaping the nation's cultural landscape and identity.