| a homogeneous society (consisting of people or things that are all of the same type; opposite: heterogeneous) | eine homogene Gesellschaft | |
| a reluctance (to give up cultural dominance) (unwilling to do something, or when they do something slowly to show that they are not very willing; adj. reluctant (to do sth.)) | Widerwille (kulturelle Dominanz aufzugeben) | |
| distrust and discrimination (a feeling that you cannot trust someone / treating one person or group differently from another in an unfair way) | Misstrauen und Diskriminierung | |
| large Hispanic communities (the people who live in the same area, town etc) | große hispanische Gemeinschaften | |
| melting pot / salad bowl (melting pot: a place where people from different races, countries, or social classes come to live together) | Schmelztiegel / Salatschüssel | |
| rising tension (between ethnic groups) (the feeling that exists when people or countries do not trust each other and may suddenly attack each other or start arguing) | steigende Spannung (zwischen ethnischen Gruppen) | |
| the predominance (of the British) (having the most power or importance in a particular group or area) | die Vorherrschaft (der Briten) | |
| to assimilate easily (to become part of that group or country and be accepted by the people in that group/country; synonym: to integrate into ) | sich mühelos eingliedern | |
| to be granted citizenship (the legal right of belonging to a particular country) | die Staatsbürgerschaft erhalten | |
| to contribute to / make a contribution to (to give money, help, ideas etc to something that a lot of other people are also involved in ) | zu etwas beitragen / einen Beitrag leisten zu | |
| to cope with diversity (to succeed in dealing with many different types of people, things or ideas) | mit Vielfalt zurecht kommen | |
| to emphasize one’s cultural heritage (the traditional beliefs, values, customs etc of a family, country, or society) | sein kulturelles Erbe betonen | |
| to enforce penalties on employers (to enforce a law: to make people obey a law / penalty: a punishment for breaking a law, rule, or legal agreement) | Strafen gegenüber Arbeitgebern verhängen | |
| to enrol (BE) / enroll (AE) in public schools (to officially arrange to join a school, university, or course) | sich bei öffentlichen Schulen anmelden | |
| to fight the indigenous population (having always been in the place where something is, rather than being brought there from somewhere else; synonym: native) | die einheimische Bevölkerung bekämpfen | |
| to have a profound influence on sth. (having a strong influence or effect) | einen starken Einfluss auf etwas haben | |
| to pledge allegiance to the American flag (to make a formal, usually public, promise that you will be loyal to a leader, country, belief etc) | der amerik. Flagge Treue schwören | |
| to receive free medical care (care: looking after someone, especially because they are ill, old, or very young) | kostenlose medizinische Betreuung erhalten | |
| to retain one’s (cultural) identity (the qualities and attitudes that a person or group of people have, that make them different from other people) | seine (kulturelle) Identität bewahren | |
| vast numbers of illegal aliens (someone who is not a legal citizen of the country they are living or working in ) | große Zahlen von illegalen Ausländern | |