Assimilationism doesn't work. It doesn't matter how much you try to force it, or gatekeep to achieve it, or gaslight etc...
It will never work, in any field.
Those who want to assimilate are the equivalent of a slave wanting preferential treatment from their masters by turning in "rebellious" (i.e. they are not under the strict control of the master) compatriots. They are Steven, from "Django Unchained". They are cowardly, hypocritical, opportunistic, weak-willed, sadistic, narcissistic, misguided and simple.
Their slavish behavior does not even lead to their master actually treating them better. It just leads to their master being content that they have divided yet another group ("divide and conquer") and prevented people from uniting against them. The assimilationist therefore aids in keeping people in bondage, not freeing them. They end up justifying their own abuse. It's Stockholm Syndrome.
The solution is and arguably has always been integrationism, not assimilationism.
The reason assimilationists hate integration is that it presupposes that they have to treat the "out-group" as equals to the host/majoritiy.
Of course, there's an irony there, because everyone in the West (left and right, top and bottom, "conservative" and "liberal") loves saying "all men are created equal". That's kinda been the whole point of "Western civilization" for hundreds of years (even if it hasn't been properly applied).
So assimilationists are not only Stephen from "Django Unchained", but they are the Pigs from "Animal Farm"; "some animals are more equal than others".
The entire premise of "assimilationism" is rooted in lies and hypocrisy and an ignorance of their own civilizations' founding principles. This is why it fails, and why, the more people try to push it, the worse the situation gets.
"Assimilationism" is the exact type of "Globalism" shit that right-wing White Nationalist "conspiracy theorist" types rail about non-stop.
It is the destruction of difference. It is the direct negation of "separate, but equal".
Yet they paradoxically say shit like "if you come here, you have to become [insert nationality]" or "why did you come here if you aren't [insert religion]?" etc... etc...
Teddy Roosevelt once said that he was fine with anyone coming to America, as long as they became "American" and discarded any former identity.
Teddy Roosevelt was also a globalist imperialist who wanted a (White) American Empire (even if he was relatively benevolent in its application).
"Assimilationism" is the policy of expansionist supremacist Empire. And, just like with Rome, it plays a major part in the host's downfall. The original citizens grow decadent, self-obsessed and aloof, while the "new citizens" become agitated by obvious lies, discrimination and their use as fodder for never-ending imperialist designs.
https://blog.oup.com/2021/09/an-empire-of-many-colours-race-and-imperialism-in-ancient-rome/
Even the United States military understands this:
https://mwi.westpoint.edu/one-team-one-fight-integration-versus-assimilation-and-the-problem-of-othering/
This is literally a West Point article.
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