Editing Alexis de Tocqueville (section)

=== On policies of assimilation ===
According to Tocqueville, assimilation of black people would be almost impossible, as was already being demonstrated in the Northern states; however, assimilation was the best solution for Native Americans, and since they were too proud to assimilate, they would inevitably become extinct. [[Forced migration|Displacement]] was another part of America's [[Indian Removal|Indian policy]]. Both populations were "undemocratic", or without the qualities, intellectual and otherwise, needed to live in a democracy. Tocqueville shared many views on assimilation and segregation of his and the coming epochs but opposed [[Arthur de Gobineau]]'s theories as found in ''[[An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races]]'' (1853–1855).<ref>{{lang|fr|Correspondence avec Arthur de Gobineau}} as quoted by [http://www.revue-lebanquet.com/fr/art/2001/299.htm Jean-Louis Benoît]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060216051008/http://www.revue-lebanquet.com/fr/art/2001/299.htm|date=16 February 2006}}</ref>