"Americanization is the science of racial relations in America, dealing with the assimilation and amalgamation of diverse races in equity into an integral part of its national life. By "assimilation" is meant the indistinguishable incorporation of the races into the substance of American life. By "amalgamation" is meant so perfect a blend that the absence or imperfection of any of the vital racial elements available will impair the compound. By "an integral part" is meant that, once fused, separation of units is thereafter impossible. By "in equity" is meant impartiality among the races accepted for the blend, with no imputations of inferiority and no bestowal of favors. With anything less than this in mind, America will fall short of a science and of giving the world anything of lasting value for its racial problems. Nation building is to be in the future a deliberate formative process, not an accidental, dynastic, geographical, and economic arrangement. It is to consider the rights and desires and hopes of races. It is to be a deliberative process, and as such must be selective. If the Allies succeed in freeing the small nations, as now seems certain, the world will witness the most interesting and dramatic re-assemblage of races that has ever taken place in history."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
LGBT peopleSocial activistsNon-fiction authorsSociologists from the United StatesPeople from Columbus
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Imported from EN Wikiquote
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frances_Kellor
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Frances Kellor
Frances Alice Kellor (20 October 1873 – 4 January 1952) was an American social reformer and investigator, who specialized in the study of immigrants to the United States and women.
38 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Frances Kellor →
Related Quotes
"There is no science of race assimilation. No nation has had a sufficiently free opportunity with many diverse races t…"
"The old world is engaged in a struggle to find a way by which each race living on its own soil, separated by definite…"
"Admittedly America has not fully succeeded. The absence of definition, of principles, and of methods of Americanizati…"
"When the country first tried in 1915 to Americanize its foreign-born people, Americanization was thought of quite sim…"
"We disagree about who should be Americanized. The immigrant, working in some of the industries, and set apart from Am…"
"Industrial Americanization is not, as we sometimes think, welfare work, or the introduction of a few makeshifts to ke…"
"Much of the present unpopularity of the theory of Americanization is due to confusion in men's minds. It has grown wi…"
"In America, where many peoples are held together largely by their sense of opportunities and their hope of reward, th…"
"This is a bird's-eye view of the substance with which Americanization deals. The burden of Americanization to-day lie…"
"There are accepted definitions of Americanism. There is none of Americanization. The reason is not hard to find. Ther…"