Milton Gordon

{{Short description|American sociologist (1918–2019)}}

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Milton Myron Gordon (October 3, 1918 – June 4, 2019) was an American sociologist. He was most noted for having devised a theory on the Seven Stages of Assimilation.{{Cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/assimilationinam0000gord | url-access=registration | quote=milton myron gordon. | title=Assimilation in American Life: The Role of Race, Religion and National Origins| publisher=Oxford University Press | isbn=9780195365474| last1=Gordon| first1=Milton M.| date=2010-12-31}} He was born in Gardiner, Maine.{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M4_WAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Gordon,+Milton+Myron%22+1918&dq=%22Gordon,+Milton+Myron%22+1918 |title = Reports of the President and of the Treasurer|year = 1959}} Gordon died on June 4, 2019, at the age of 100.{{cite web |title=Milton Myron Gordon |url=https://www.forevermissed.com/milton-myron-gordon/about |website=Forever Missed |access-date=10 July 2022}}

1. Acculturation: newcomers adopt language, dress, and daily customs of the host society (including values and norms).
2. Structural assimilation: large-scale entrance of minorities into cliques, clubs and institutions in the host society.
3. Marital assimilation: widespread intermarriage.
4. Identification assimilation: the minority feels bonded to the dominant culture.
5. Attitude reception assimilation refers to the absence of prejudice.
6. Behavior reception assimilation refers to the absence of discrimination.
7. Civic assimilation occurs when there is an absence of value conflicts and power struggles.