One has to give minority groups a kind of reward, an emotional reward, that it is worthwhile assimilating to this particular majority group. And if this majority group looks down on itself ... If a minority group is not given… — Norbert Elias Copy Share Image
The heart of assimilation process of absorbing minorities lies in the self-image of a nation. There are, as you will know, big differences for… — Norbert Elias Copy Share
Debating the concept of race does not mean that I in any way regard this as a quarrel between neighbors over where they come… — Norbert Elias Copy Share
One has to give minority groups a kind of reward, an emotional reward, that it is worthwhile assimilating to this particular majority group. And… — Norbert Elias Copy Share
Perhaps one could appoint three or four professional people specially concerned with the task of bridge building between the majority and the minority. Bridge… — Norbert Elias Copy Share
The natives of England are closing their doors to relationships with Asians and Africans or, for that matter, Turks and Spaniards. While the Africans… — Norbert Elias Copy Share
I wish you all the pleasurable excitement one can have without hurting others and one's own dignity. — Norbert Elias Copy Share
Assimilation, a certain uniformity of conduct, is necessary in a multi-party state.This is not only a requirement to the established majority; it is also… — Norbert Elias Copy Share
The way one behaves and feels as a Dutchman and Dutchwoman is the result of a long development. It is by no means 'the… — Norbert Elias Copy Share
I have touched here on a problem that is masked if one speaks of racism. And that is the fact that the major differences… — Norbert Elias Copy Share
Scientific modes of thought cannot be developed and become generally accepted unless people renounce their primary, unreflecting, and spontaneous attempt to understand all their… — Norbert Elias Copy Share
I would like to remind you that both assimilation and integration apply to the working classes in the nineteenth century, at least in Britain… — Norbert Elias Copy Share
Of course you can more easily recognise the outsiders because they have a different skin color. But let us take for instance the relationship… — Norbert Elias Copy Share
The number of those who have to be assimilated to the majority is not too high. It remains small compared with the numbers of… — Norbert Elias Copy Share
Perhaps I should say that in general there are three solutions to such a situation. I mean not only in Holland, but everywhere where… — Norbert Elias Copy Share
Very often people who live in a ghetto accept some of the stigmatisation against them. I mention the case of a Japanese minority the… — Norbert Elias Copy Share
