has discrimination in America forced ethnic groups to discard assimilation as an option?

Answer 1

discrimination????????? where???????? here?

no, we are all free to choose to live in your own separate section...that's America...

Answer 2

Discrimination takes many forms, and each form has many facets.

The difference in races may be lessened by love, understanding and reduction in fear. Assimilation is the natural response when fear is not present. It's also the natural response when love is introduced. A ***** is a wonderful thing for getting people together.

We should also look at discrimination by financial ability. If all your "ethnic friends" have as much resources as you do, or more, then you may just be afraid of "poor people." Bill Cosby's sweater would have paid for the food I ate during my Junior year!

I don't think there is an "ethnic groups" mentality that can be represented. It's not like all the Irish, African-American, Asian-Americans, etc., get together and decide whether to stop or start something. The "grouping" is something that the media and their respective viewers do by nature as a response to not understanding what they are seeing or doing themselves. But think about it. It's just impossible that an ethnic group agreed to start or stop trying about something, especially assimilation.

Any group that is well organized enough to agree to not socialize with all others not in that group, with the exception of the Republican Party, would have their phones tapped, mail sorted "special," laws about how to deal with just them.....heh, wait a minute.......

Feed 'em all well, and be proud of their babies!

Peace out.

Answer 3

Yes, in part. Discrimination has done a great deal in contributing to the difficulty in assimilation of immigrants who are not white, unlike the English, Italian, and Germans who immigrated in the beginning of the 20th century. Nevertheless, people will want to maintain their culture and customs even when in a different country, and there's nothing to be done. Culture is something deeply routed in everyone, it is something apprehended from the day people are born, and a geographical change is not enough for people to suddenly leave their customs behind. They may adopt some of the North-American traditions, like Football or eating at McDonald's, but they will also want to maintain their heritage, no matter what. So assimilation for immigrants must not mean to "become a North American", it must mean to live in peace with the right of maintaining their cultures and having them respected, as well as respecting the culture of the country they are currently living in.

Answer 4

I don't think most ethnic groups have abandon the idea of assimilation. When they move here from other countries I would think they would want to fit in as much as possible, without losing a sense of their heritage. But discrimination does it make it hard for someone to feel that they could assimilate.

When a group moves into a community that is primarily made up of the ethnic group they belong to, its probably ethnocentrism. They just want to be around people who look, talk, or share the same qualities as them.

Answer 5

Assimilation is going on stronger and stronger. Tensions and interraical marriages are on the rise. I think we'll all always find something to fight about, but racism isn't as strong and deep as it used to be. Or atleast that's what it looks like when you look back on how bad it was in history.

Answer 6

I have always felt that when people come here from outside the country they tend to immediately alienate themselves, they hire their own country men/women, they create their own little havana's or china town to give a small example. Alot of foreigners come to America with pre-conceived notions based on what they see on television about certain groups of people that live here in America and when they get here they have already been duped. I had this conversation with a doctor that I worked who was from India about their pre-concieved notions about blacks here in America based upon what they see on t.v. there in India.

Answer 7

Yes Race politics practiced by mexicans and blacks have. Affirmative Action encourages minorities to remain identifiable.

Answer 8

Well it sure isn't looking good is it. being the melting pot soon there will be no true discrimination what will we pick on next ?