Assimilation and multiculturalism may each reinforce or constrain perceived intergroup competition.

Evidence

In this regard, increased examination of national strategies geared toward fostering social inclusion and respect, such as assimilation and multiculturalism, are needed. To the extent that such strategies function as ideologies, models of intergroup relations ought to specify the ways by which they may both reinforce and constrain perceived intergroup competition. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1520

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: under what concrete conditions does multiculturalism vs. assimilation feed perceived competition between groups rather than relieve it?
• SEED: An essay angle: assimilation and multiculturalism as ideologies that can paradoxically intensify the very intergroup rivalry they aim to reduce.