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In the context of the United States of America, bicultural distinctions have traditionally existed between the US and Mexico, and between the White and the African-American population of the US.
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typically emerges in countries that have emerged from a history of national or ethnic conflict in which neither side has gained complete victory. This condition usually arises from
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Because the term biculturalism suggests, more or less explicitly, that only two cultures merit formal recognition, advocates of
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and other "third force" successfully pressured the Canadian government to adopt multiculturalism as official policy in 1971.
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commonly seems like a genuine binary distinctionā€”transcending the distinctions between various spoken languages.
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and non-deafness, people find the word "biculturalism" less controversial because the distinction between spoken
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and influence equitably between people and/or groups identified with each side of the cultural divide.
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is recognised as an official language, and Māori have protected representation in
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describes the co-existence, to varying degrees, of two originally distinct
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with both French and British politico-administrative traditions
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Regions which formally recognize biculturalism include:
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Official policy recognizing, fostering, or encouraging
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In the context of relations between the cultures of
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