Forced Assimilation

resistance is futile: In Canada, the term assimilation is especially unpopular, according to Huffington Post Canada. It associated with painful events in the country history. Before they moved to assimilate "others" they uttered the words "resistance is futile." No doubt, the producers of Star Trek meant to give assimilation a very negative connotation in popular culture and given the show significant viewership around the globe the term likely fell out of favour in several parts of the planet. But the country proponents of forced assimilation often underestimated the inevitability of resistance on the part of their targets. Quebec history books frequently highlight the determination of many of Canada British colonizers to assimilate French Canadians. The lessons of our history seem lost on many Canadians as it surprising to learn how many endorse making "others" like "them." According to a January 2016 Leger Marketing poll one in three Canadians agrees that "religious/cultural groups such as Jews, Muslims and Sikhs should abandon their customs and traditions and become more like the majority." Paradoxically, several Canadians that continue to fear assimilation are amongst those most apt to believe that their own cultural survival depends others assimilating. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.