Which of the four statements aligns most closely with assimilation?
statement 1: immigrants should make every effort to adapt to their new country, including adopting cultural norms and traditions.
statement 2: diversity in backgrounds and experience creates a society that teaches tolerance and respect.
statement 3: the government should establish programs that require new immigrants to pass language proficiency exams.
statement 4: when immigrants refuse to adopt the cultural norms of their new country, it can lead to conflict.

The correct answer is 1) immigrants should make every effort to adapt to their new country, including adopting cultural norms and traditions.

The statement that aligns most closely with assimilation is "immigrants should make every effort to adapt to their new country, including adopting cultural norms and traditions."

Understandably, immigrants love and respect their customs, religion, culture, and traditions. They can keep it. But for them to really integrate into the new country's society they have to make an effort to understand, respect and adapt to -in this case- the United States culture. That is the importance of assimilation, to accept an value the way in this country feels and thinks.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts

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