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Its sister document, El Plan de Santa Barbara, warned activists that they “must be able to relate to all segments of the Barrio, from the middle-class assimilationists to the vatos locos.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025

The assimilationists feel constricted by their minority identity.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2021

“The assimilationists won, and Andrew was unquestionably a leader.”

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2020

In “Stamped from the Beginning,” Kendi divided the racists into two kinds, segregationists and assimilationists.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 12, 2019

Fresh Off the Boat began by embracing both the assimilationists and the holdouts among the Asian diaspora—there wasn’t a wrong way to be an immigrant.

From Slate • Nov. 9, 2018