Maintaining one's own cultural identity while accepting the values and beliefs of the European American tradition is known as
A) Bilingualism.
B) Bidialectism.
C) Acculturation.
D) Separation.
E) Marginalization.

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Acculturation involves maintaining one's own cultural identity while also accepting and adopting some aspects of the dominant culture. Bilingualism refers to the ability to speak two languages fluently, bidialectism refers to the ability to speak two dialects of the same language, separation involves completely rejecting the dominant culture, and marginalization involves being pushed to the fringes of society and not fully integrating into either culture.

Maintaining One's Own Cultural Identity While Accepting the Values and Beliefs