Adapting To America's One Culture

Growing up we go through many different stages and cultures that effect our lives. Whether it be a student, athlete, musician, brother, sister, cousin, and so on there are many different aspects of life that each and every one of us belong to. Up to this point in my life there have been several cultures and groups that I have been involved with that have impacted me. Being a student full time is probably the culture that I believe the belong to the most. I have spent nearly all my childhood and teen years in a school system which is a great thing, but I believe should be fixed and molded. The school system in America needs to start getting back to the basics such as teaching us the history of the United States with events such as World Wars

There are many ways for people from other countries to adjust to living in the United States. There are also things that immigrants think they have to do to fit in. In this essay I will include the best ways for immigrants to adjust to American culture. I will also include challenges immigrants face to fit in in America. Finally, I will include what immigrants do to adapt to America.

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For immigrants in America, two radically different choices of culture exist. First, the immigrants can choose to stay loyal to their ancestral roots and deny mainstream culture. Instead of contributing to the melting pot of opinions present they isolate within themselves by refusing to learn both the English language and American culture as a whole. Because they cannot communicate with a majority of the population, they don’t maintain any amount of control over American ideals including both politically and socially. The second opportunity available would be to embrace this new found culture, no matter how foreign it is to them, and develop a sense of unity with America. If immigrants wish to break the currently controlled system of power and privilege in America and truly become a part of American customs, they must learn to assimilate culturally.

In America, there are many voices that are being heard, but there are voices that are being louder than others. There are many ways that a culture can have themselves be heard and create the change that they are yearning to have. The United States of America has a whole variety of communities, which can impact the world. There are two specific co-cultures, teenagers and LGBTQ, that are stepping up to create the change that is needed in this country, to accept that is it okay to be different. The LGBTQ culture are the most accepting but misunderstood co-culture in America. Explaining specific characteristics of the gay community, like identifying prominent values, symbols and cultural norms, and comparing and contrasting the communicative behaviors of the gay culture with the teenager culture of today’s society will show how it has impacted their communication style, because everyone has the right to be who they are and not be afraid to express it, which is why being a teen or being a part of the LGBTQ culture shows a perspective that

There are many different words that make America stand out, but the ones that really stand out to me are adaptability and grit. The word grit represents the events and values that occurred during the age of reason. Also the word adaptability represents present day America.

I find myself curious about the past. From ancient civilizations to the technological advancements that have made us who we are today, the past has been instrumental in the development of the present. Much like in essay “America” I too think of the United States when I hear the word America, even if you do an internet search for “America” the first result would be something pertaining to the United States. As an immigrant from Trinidad West Indies at the age of 13 all I knew of the United States was the name America that was associated with it. Knowing nothing more I was introduced to the American culture in the 7th grade. Never having study the history of the United States I have learned the culture and what it means to be an American from

Culture is something that defines what society is and how it will act. As a result of this cultures will evolve and shift over time. This evolution of culture is encouraged, a culture that is stagnant and not changing is one that will ultimately die and fade away. However since this evolution is caused by humans, it is an imperfect evolution and as a result harmful elements come to be integral parts of society. As stated in “Evolving Ideals of Male Body Image as Seen Through Action Toys” we can identify one of the negative results of this evolution is the drive to perfect one's image so that it will match that of the stated “standard”. This essay goes into great detail about how action figures of male

The fact that the interviewee grew up in a loving family justified some of the interviewee’s behaviors. Since his childhood, the interviewee was taught the importance of preserving his heritage. The fact that the interviewee’s father remained married to his mother until he died a few years ago seemed to be of great importance to the interviewee.

The shaping of any culture requires adaptation to their environment and its problems, such as economical, social and geographical, and the learning from these in order for their culture to live by and survive. The Christian Church would prove the most important in shaping a new European religious civilization. In as much as Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam undergirded civilizations in Asia and Africa, Christianity served as the basic unifying force that held together the new European civilization. (Sivers 2015) This process entails having the ability of shaping ones behavior in order to survive and have this same behavior passed onto the following generations.

The question of how I know what I know is a question that is one of the most difficult I have encountered. Much of what I know is based on logic and thinking. This is where I may veer off of the Christian Worldview slightly. I believe that God has given humans the ability to reason and think logically, and I use that as much as possible. I think that He intended for us to use our minds to find what we believe to be true, hoping that people would seek God when seeing that He is the only real truth. Cosgrove (2006) makes a great comment on secular humanism and a person’s ability to find value, and in

I think that the article was very interesting and it opened my eye up to a topic I that I never realized had such presence in our society. Overall I liked the article as I enjoy learning about Human Geography and the essence of human nature. I learned that Hispanics have the greatest ability to integrate into our culture than any other cultural group. This can be for a number of reasons and it really just adds to the notion of the general integration of the worlds people into one unified front. I could add to it maybe by bringing in knowledge about other culture’s assimilation into American culture and how they also changed, and redefined it was a whole. I found it very fascinating how the department was able to go around and ask these various

In 2014, 35 million Americans identified as Hispanic, of whom 64 percent said they had Mexican heritage - almost 11 percent of the total population. As birthrates for Hispanics exceed those of Anglos, demographers estimate that by 2042 non-Hispanic whites will be a numerical minority in the United States. At the beginning of this century, there were twenty-one states where Hispanics were the largest ethnic minority.

First, an innate craving for understanding is an important trait unique to humans. It is remarkable that Homo sapiens take time to just try and figure things out. This is something that has been apparent throughout the entirety of humans’ existence, and still is today. We try to conceive a way to make tasks easier, and we understand that the only method by which this can be done is to first have a total understanding of the mechanics of things. This desire for comprehension is reflected in humans’ gradual exodus from Africa. The most popular theory is that humans left Africa solely because they were instinctively curious about what lies beyond the environment they have become accustomed to (NOVA, episode 2). Humans have

We, as U.S. citizens, have a unique position in the world’s affairs as a developed global power. Despite this, the mindsets held by most modern Americans regarding the rest of the world tend to be shallow or ill-informed. Even further, these beliefs harm the minority communities residing within our own country as well. Monoculturalism refers to the act of encouraging /a national popular culture via the exclusion of outside influences. A monocultural society in today’s day and age can have several negative impacts on our society such as an dismissive, closed off mindset and a shift towards homogenous thinking in the human species.