Immigrants and assimilation?

Question

During the entire history of the United States, immigrants have been entering the country. Those immigrants assimilated successfully because racial and cultural diversity was not popular. Now, the majority of immigrants do not assimilate because it is politically correct to encourage ethnic and cultural diversity. Since it is encouraged to retain your cultual background, we see people with multinational pride, and conflicting intrests and contempt for the United States. Over generations, do you think that cultural pride will finally take a back seat to national pride, and that assimilation will naturally follow, and we will coexist harmoniously? Or do you think that cultural pride will overcome national pride and bite us all in the end, and our own unwillingness to cooperate will divide us as a whole? OR, do you think cultural pride and national pride can coexist without conflict, we learn to tolerate, learn from each other, and stop squabbling over the errs of long past?

When I say conflict, I actually meant internal conflict in the individual. I understand it is impossible due to human nature, what I was really trying to get at is, is it better to encourage assimilation to minimize our differences and identify with each other, or is it better to encourage cultural diversity to maximize our differences and have a better sense of self identity, or is there a middleground that can be obtained that can successfully capitalize on both qualities?

I don't mean that no one tries to assimilate, when I wrote this, I had the more outspoken minority groups and cultures in mind.

Answer 1

I think people go too far with cultural pride and national pride, to the point where it is like a religion to them. It becomes an ideal that doesn't really exist and which they tout but don't really follow, just like religion.

BTW, I've known several foreign nationals in the US. ALL of them try to assimilate. Currently, I have an Iranian girlfriend. She's always asking me if she has an accent, and how to correct it. She speaks excellent English, even though she's lived here only four years. I've also known people from Equador, Bolivia, and other areas. They also worried about sticking out. My late wife was raised in China as a kid when she lived with her grandparents. Her parents, who lived in the US, made her learn English in one summer before she started school here. Her father still underlines any word he sees in the newspaper or magazine and looks it up later.

Answer 2

Some level of pride in your origin is a good thing but as long as we as a society still play the ridiculous political correctness game people will come here to benefit from all our society has to offer. Coming here for a freebie and actually succeeding at becoming a successful individual will (in a real practical sense) depend on your willingness to assimilate and integrate into our society a fact ignored by the PC crowd. If we continue down the self destructive garden path (political correctness path) we are doomed to be the new Babel

Answer 3

The rationale why I love this nation such a lot is considering of the entire cultures and languages folks introduced with them. I additionally love the customs we now have right here as good. The difficulty is, that a few immigrants do not understand how to talk English. I can see why this is a difficulty, but it surely does not supply anybody a rationale to bash any person! I'm very tolerant of differnt cultures and languages. I like it! I discovered such a lot from folks which might be waaay one of a kind than me. For an illustration, my fiancee is Turkish, boy I discovered soo a lot. Food, language, tradition, track, & faith. Some folks have one of a kind perspectives of the way "America" is feel to be. Everyone is entitled to their possess opinion, however a few folks take approach too some distance and it turns into a racial wrestle. I feel a few unlawful immigrants will have to pass house and I feel a few will have to earn their rights right here. Yea they broke the legislation, however there are criminals right here too which might be residents, that are supposed to depart as good. But like I stated everybody is entitled to their possess opinion! =] Edited: The man beneath could not have stated it higher!

Answer 4

IMPOSSIBLE as long as their are two people on this earth one them them will disagree in one way thus with the countless number of people that live in america their will always be conflict in this matter. Lets go farther with it. Suppose they do live in harmony do u think that it will last this way forever? in the long run someone or some people will start to get agitated and start a revolt. these things just cant happen. world piece is somthing that we strive for that we will never have racism and discrimination will never be destroyed no matter how much we want it to. if the world was all one race their would still be conflict. Thats just the way it is.

Answer 5

PPLE at first were fine and accepted the white man to rule them then they realsed it was wrong and they need to stand up for their rights. yes there is too much cultural pride than national pride unfortunately. its up to the government to balance the power and all pple will feel they are also americans. but now most immigrants feel like they are just immigrants and america is only for whites or the successful ones.

Answer 6

I think if we get rid of the lazy NlGGERS and the job stealing SPlCS, we'll be alright.

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