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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-elias/one-has-to-give-minority-groups-a-kind-of-reward-an-emotional-reward/)

[Norbert Elias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norbert-elias/)

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## More by Norbert Elias

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-elias/the-heart-of-assimilation-process-of-absorbing-minorities-lies-in-the/)

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> [Debating the concept of race does not mean that I in any way regard this as a quarrel between neighbors over where they come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-elias/debating-the-concept-of-race-does-not-mean-that-i-in-any-way-regard/)

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> [One has to give minority groups a kind of reward, an emotional reward, that it is worthwhile assimilating to this particular majority group. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-elias/one-has-to-give-minority-groups-a-kind-of-reward-an-emotional-reward/)

[Norbert Elias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norbert-elias/)

> [Perhaps one could appoint three or four professional people specially concerned with the task of bridge building between the majority and the minority. Bridge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-elias/perhaps-one-could-appoint-three-or-four-professional-people-specially/)

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> [The natives of England are closing their doors to relationships with Asians and Africans or, for that matter, Turks and Spaniards. While the Africans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-elias/the-natives-of-england-are-closing-their-doors-to-relationships-with/)

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> [I wish you all the pleasurable excitement one can have without hurting others and one's own dignity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-elias/i-wish-you-all-the-pleasurable-excitement-one-can-have-without/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-elias/assimilation-a-certain-uniformity-of-conduct-is-necessary-in-a-multi/)

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> [The way one behaves and feels as a Dutchman and Dutchwoman is the result of a long development. It is by no means 'the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-elias/the-way-one-behaves-and-feels-as-a-dutchman-and-dutchwoman-is-the/)

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> [I have touched here on a problem that is masked if one speaks of racism. And that is the fact that the major differences…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-elias/i-have-touched-here-on-a-problem-that-is-masked-if-one-speaks-of/)

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> [Scientific modes of thought cannot be developed and become generally accepted unless people renounce their primary, unreflecting, and spontaneous attempt to understand all their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-elias/scientific-modes-of-thought-cannot-be-developed-and-become-generally/)

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> [I would like to remind you that both assimilation and integration apply to the working classes in the nineteenth century, at least in Britain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-elias/i-would-like-to-remind-you-that-both-assimilation-and-integration/)

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> [Of course you can more easily recognise the outsiders because they have a different skin color. But let us take for instance the relationship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-elias/of-course-you-can-more-easily-recognise-the-outsiders-because-they/)

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> [The number of those who have to be assimilated to the majority is not too high. It remains small compared with the numbers of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-elias/the-number-of-those-who-have-to-be-assimilated-to-the-majority-is-not/)

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> [Perhaps I should say that in general there are three solutions to such a situation. I mean not only in Holland, but everywhere where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-elias/perhaps-i-should-say-that-in-general-there-are-three-solutions-to/)

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> [Very often people who live in a ghetto accept some of the stigmatisation against them. I mention the case of a Japanese minority the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-elias/very-often-people-who-live-in-a-ghetto-accept-some-of-the/)

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