How did French and Australian assimilationist policies differ from each other?(1 point)

Question

Responses

France and Australia used the same assimilationist policies in every instance.
France and Australia used the same assimilationist policies in every instance.

Australia promoted the use of scientific racism when determining who would receive rights, while France used a policy of intermarriage.
Australia promoted the use of scientific racism when determining who would receive rights, while France used a policy of intermarriage.

France promoted the idea of scientific racism, while Australia rejected it in favor of social Darwinism.
France promoted the idea of scientific racism, while Australia rejected it in favor of social Darwinism.

France created schools to assimilate willing Indigenous peoples, while Australia took children to forcibly assimilate Indigenous peoples.

Answer 1

The response that best captures the differences between French and Australian assimilationist policies is:

France created schools to assimilate willing Indigenous peoples, while Australia took children to forcibly assimilate Indigenous peoples.

This highlights the contrasting approaches of voluntary assimilation in France versus the more coercive methods employed in Australia, such as the Stolen Generations, where Indigenous children were removed from their families to be assimilated into white society.