The right policy is a growing economy, non-burdensome immigration laws, a welfare system which promotes work, not dependency, and a culture of assimilation, not isolation.

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They bear testimony to the transformation of an essentially oral southern African culture, through the assimilation of the Portuguese language and its repercussion on both Portugal and Brazil.

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Of the attempts made to help the Indians, most were aimed at promoting their assimilation into the culture of the rest of Mexico.

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But the estimated 125, 000, living mostly in Calcutta and Madras, are enacting the same assimilation - marrying Indians and adopting their culture.

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Naturally Lim asserts they have, especially in pushing for a policy of integration not assimilation and in fighting to preserve the language, education and culture of non-Malays.

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The Garifuna culture and traditions were disappearing with the eldest of the country, and the assimilation to the modern world drove the Garifuna to abandon the traditions that Palacio had just discovered.

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