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Watch one of these videos. What can you learn about Assimilation? 

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Watch one of these videos. What can you learn about Assimilation? 

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Share your responses in class tomorrow!

You may post a response here if you wish to as well.

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After watching the video, discuss and answer all the questions in each column. Ensure that you write the names of your group members in the title.

Be prepared to share your responses with the rest of the class.

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- 14 out of 23 players in the French team had African roots.
- Trevor Noah - a US-based comedian - made a joke about how 'Africa won the world cup' in 2018.
- He received a letter response from the ambassador of France, criticizing the joke he made.

There are 2 main ways in which governments respond to diversity - Assimilation & Integration.

Assimilation refers to a policy in which immigrants are expected to adopt the beliefs and practices of the majority group in the host country.

Objective: no differentiation between immigrants and locals

Integration refers to a policy in which immigrants retain their unique identities, while forging a common ground with groups already living in the host country.

Objective: immigrants and locals are distinct from each other, but share certain common behaviours/characteristics

Watch the video in class to find out how Trevor responded to the letter.

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Trevor Responds to Criticism from the French Ambassador - Between The Scenes | The Daily Show

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Original video of Trevor Noah commenting on the World Cup 

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Original video of Trevor Noah commenting on the World Cup 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJMG27YYAWU

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Did Africa Just Win The World Cup? | The Daily Show With Trevor Noah

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Naturalisation process (becoming a citizen)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J56rft0gTdE

Population studies: France's ethnicity taboo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tdKY7x8Sv8

Laïcité: Is French state secularism too extreme?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIdBu-WmCsE

What does it mean to be French?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u47FY9ZzKbA

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Assimilation. The French government encourage immigrants to adopt the beliefs and values of the French local, and prioritise national identity as a French citizen over race and religion.

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The French practice Assimilation. Immigrants are required to change to what the French people do. They are also required to have their French identity to be higher and more respected then their African or Asian roots. Hence, the French practice Assimilation as immigrants are forced to follow the rest of the French and get rid of their roots.

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The French practice a policy of Assimilation as they aim to mainly promote the French culture and identity over the other identities which certain people may have with regards to their race and religion. Furthermore the French believe that the national identity takes precedence over any other identities they may have for example many immigrants from African nations are seen as French first

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Assimilation. The French wants immigrants to adopt the beliefs and values of the French local, and prioritise national identity as a French citizen over race and religion.

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Citizens could feel that their race and religion does not matter, and that they have to forget their roots in order to be accepted by the French government.

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French practise assimilation as they encourage citizens to adopt French practises and identify as French instead of their origins

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Cody Ang Feng Yu and Xaviar Liu Chen Rui

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Cody Ang Feng Yu and Xaviar Liu Chen Rui

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Assimilation, the french people cannot have two races and should only be referred to as french citizens. This lines up with the definition of assimilation, where national identity is prioritised over race and religion.

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Assimilation.
Governments want immigrants to change and adapt to French practices

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assimilation. they will prioritise French identity over your roots and background, ignoring your race and religion. However France practise democracy for all citizens

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Yes. The French practice assimilation as they prioritise national identity over race and religion. They insisted that the football players on the French team were French and would not accept them being referred to as by their roots

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Assimilation. The French government implies that the French citizenship is more superior than other citizenships and should override one's religion and race.

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Assimilation. This is because the ambassador wants all its citizens to put its citizenship before their race and religion and wants them to remove their roots

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Since immigrants are forced to get rid of their roots and not be able to practice their activities and race, this could result in issues to rise. France would be seen as racist as they are not accepting of other peoples race and religion and not allow them to carry out their usual activities.

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Integration. Singaporeans are encouraged to embrace their unique identities, while also having a national identity as a Singaporean. They are able to forge common grounds with groups of different races and religions.

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Assimilation is practised by France because they value one practice to avoid conflicts of interest with one another

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Assimilation is practised by France because they value one practice to avoid conflicts of interest with one another

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Zhe An, Zander, vietty

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The French practice assimilation as they adopted the idea of French beliefs, values and behaviour.

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I  feel that the French practice Assimilation. I think the French make it known to anyone living in their country, be it the citizens of their country or the immigrants living in their country, that they are French. That despite their cultural backgrounds from their different races and religions, these people are supposed to only act like the French and follow the French's beliefs and customs.

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the French practice assimilation. This is because it is clear from the video that the French government puts national identity at a higher priority than race or religion, so African are not called African-French, they are just called French since their race is of little importance once they are French citizens.

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Assimilation can lead to issues such as a general lack of cultural diversity in French society, when the culture of immigrants are often supressed in favour of promoting a greater French identity the diversity of the nation would hence suffer as people cannot express their beliefs and traditions. Furthermore it may lead to social contestation among French citizens as immigrants may feel that their culture and identity is being removed and thus would become unhappy whereas other French citizens may believe it is necessary to forge a harmonious French identity

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Assimilation.
The French government encourage the French citizens to adopt the beliefs and practices of the majority groups in France- which is French.

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citizens forget their own roots and will not continue their cultural practices which would reduce diversity in French community. This will impact the growth of the French society as diversity is vital

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Intergration as Singapore allows people to keep their identities and openly express their race and religion

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Immigrants could feel disconnected and feel that they are unfairly treated causing distress, anger and tension to arise between people from different backgrounds

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They have to forget their race and religions and should adopt to french

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They cannot express their uniqueness and might reduce diversity. This might segregate people

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People will be wrongly acknowledged and racism will occur. for example, if an African French person were to do something wrong, they would call out the person's race to not tarnish the reputation of the French. However, if the person were to do something good, they would acknowledge the person as a French citizen and take credit for the good things they have done.

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People may forget about their original culture and roots. the society will not be that diversed

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Discrimination. People do not see national identity as the most important aspect, and might be prejudiced against others of different races or religion.

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Assimilation is bad for France since immigrants could feel unaccepted due to their race and force themself to adopt French practices only, which would lower cultural diversity ad make France oppressive and dull/boring.

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integration. This is because Singapore does not force the idea of rejecting your cultural practices. They also prioritise diversity in our society

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Assimilation is a practice in which citizens/immigrants of a country follow said country's practices and not their own. Chances are that people may forgor💀 their own culture because they are too used to the French way of living and the French practice.

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Assimilation is a practice in which citizens/immigrants of a country follow said country's practices and not their own. Chances are that people may forgor💀 their own culture because they are too used to the French way of living and the French practice.

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Zhe An, Zander, Trong

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integration because Singapore allows people to freely practice their cultures and traditions

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The French practice Assimilation as in the video, i can infer that the French government would not allow different immigrants with their own race and religion to be prioritised over the French national identity. The French government wants nothing to do with the immigrants' beliefs and origins.

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Integration because all the immigrants are allowed to practise their own race and religions

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Singapore practices Integration as the constitution allows them to freely practice their race and religion. Singapore embraces these different cultures. The country celebrates different cultural festivals.

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Assimilation. Even as an immigrant living in France, they should speak the local French language and be recognised as a French citizen first. Their national identity as a French citizen is more important than their race and religion. They should also adopt the beliefs and values of the French locals.

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Singapore practices integration. Given how Singapore is a melting pot of different cultures races and religions Singapore promotes diversity and racial harmony among different cultures this shows that different people have the ability to promote their cultures and forge their own identities along with the national Singaporean one

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There could be confusion about one's identity, specifically for immigrants living in France. These people would be confused as to whether they should only celebrate their own identity and culture or celebrate their home country, France's culture. For their own culture would make them outsiders in France, while following France's common beliefs would make them French.

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discrimination. tension between different races due to the different cultural practices

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discrimination against other peoples belief or race.

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Singapore practices Integration. As seen in Singapore, people are allowed to practice their own race and religion. This can be seen as many festivals such as Christmas, Chinese New Year and Deepavali. Also there are multiple places of worship in Singapore. Citizens in Singapore are not required to follow the practices and beliefs of one group.

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Assimilation. From the video, When French won the world cup, they considered them as French players despite the presence of African players

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Intergration. Singapore's citizens are encouraged to embrace their origins and adopt Singapore's common national identity. Citizens can also exercise their rights to practise their customs and traditions.

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Integration. Singaporeans have the right to practice their own religion and have the citizenship despite being of a different race, as protected by the law. Hence we are able to maintain our unique identities and forge a common ground with the groups already living in singapore

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People are forced to adopt the practices and beliefs of the majority of France and thus are not able to adopt the practices and beliefs they want but instead needing to follow everyone.

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It may force behavioral changes through legislation, it reduces our diversity, it may force people to change their identity and it may create higher levels of unlawful societal activities.

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The citizens may feel unfair that they have to "erase" their other national identity and adopt practices that the majority groups are practicing

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Integration. People are able to embrace their own identity based on their race and religion and also their identity of the country that the live in/grew up in. Singaporeans consist of many different races mainly being Indian, Malay, Chinese and European. Singapore allows people to practice their own race beliefs by celebrating different public holidays like Christmas, Hari Raya, Deepavali and Chinese New Year. At the same time, Singaporeans are still able to come together and celebrate events like National Day.

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Intergration can lead to issues such as discrimination, when different cultural groups are forced to live together misunderstandings can occur and stereotypes may form leading to an environment of distrust among different types of people due to their identity. It may also lead to resentment among local Singaporeans who were born there due to a high influx of immigrants with different cultures which they see as sapping away job opportunities and increasing the social burden.

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discrimination between people of different races and beliefs

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Deculturalisation. People lose their culture and forget their roots. The different practices and diversity is lost. the diversity is merely just the fact that some of the population come from different backgrounds. There is no different aspects of culture from different races and religions.
People may also get angry at the fact that they cannot practice their race and religion freely and feel oppressed.

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There might be problems of integrating into host countries and difficulties in terms of language barriers and practices. Discrimination of others might take place due to the ack of understanding of others of different cultures

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racism and within the society

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Discriminations and stereotyping due to misunderstandings.

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Singapore practice integration because sg gov does not shove one specific identity into their citizens, rather they are encouraged to express their own unique cultural identity, race and religion is prioritized and this builds cultural diversity.

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Integration as it help enhance harmony among political, economic, cultural and socially diverse economic groups

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It may lead to negligence of the Africans' identity as they feel that their religion is not respected

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some people will bully others

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integration, since Singapore is a multi-cultural diversity, which allows citizens to have the freedom of practicing different types of religions

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Certain people may not want to have a mix of religion and races in their country. Hence, this could start discrimination and racism.

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Yes the French people practise assimilation, people are only considered French if they seem to follow the practises and culture of the majority group if no they will be known as their other half. It seems that to truly be regarded as french you have to fully and only practise their practises lol
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Gives way for people to openly display their prejudices and it gives opportunity for fighting within races like racial riots

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Integration. Singapore allows immigrants to retain their identities and allows people to practice their cultures and religions freely.

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1) People could misunderstand other races by overgeneralising the different races' common beliefs and culture.
2) There can also be discrimination. People may make fun of others' practices that make them different from their own race's culture.

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Integration, as citizens not forced to adopt the practices and beliefs of the majority of Singapore, and can freely practice whatever religion they want or perform whatever practices they want.

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Discrimination against other people's race and religion, due to the plethora of beliefs and practices that exist in Singapore.

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discrimination against other races could be a possible result as there would be misunderstandings among people of different beliefs

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France claims to be a cosmopolitan society, but they are not accepting of the culture and practices of other culture?

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these immigrants might forget their origins and background. the future generations would be more ignorant about where they came from and their cultures history. citizens would not be exposed to the different cultural practices and beliefs of other countries.

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French citizens who had a different race and religions, which is once part of their identity, will be covered by the fact that they are a French citizen.
- People will slowly forget their identity as time passes by as they no longer practice their own practices.

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I watched the "Population studies: France's ethnicity taboo" video. I learnt that assimilation in France is taken very seriously. This has resulted in many debatable actions taken by the French government to keep everyone in harmony. For example, studies on race, ethnicity and religion are forbidden in France and have to be done privately. Also the word "race" in french is banned from being used in legislation as the government thinks that it implies racist or negative connotations. However, France is still experiences problems involving discrimination. For example, private studies show that people of African descent are more likely to get stopped by the police and have a harder time finding jobs. However, France might also be impeding the progress towards a society with no discrimination by not taking racial statistics in France. Although, people are also afraid that the provision of racial statistics may result in history repeating itself, as some of these statistics were used to deport Jews in . Therefore, I have learnt that although assimilation in France does help to build a strong national identity, but it may cause some issues to help people.

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Integration. Singapore had management of socio-cultural diversity, where differences are recognized and respected. They promote equality without granting special rights to any particular racial, ethnic or religious group.

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integration. people are able to coexist regardless of religion or ethnicity