Assimilation And Assimilation Regarding Muslims

For this paper, I have chosen to interview an acquaintance of mine who is a devote Muslim and follower of Islam. For the sake of this assignment I will be referring to him under the pseudonym of Jack. I spoke with Jack about some wide-ranging topics discussing things such as, media, bias, stereotypes, and really in general what being a follower of Islam is like in this divided country right now. In our country, today it’s pretty apparent there is a type of fear of Muslims, so much so that 7 heavy populated Muslim countries are not permitted from entering the United States of America. I never had conversations as personal as this with Jack and I feel as if I gained a lot of insight into the types of things minorities, and especially Muslims

Implementation of this process will gradually integrate the minority into the system, causing all groups to be culturally similar with their differences no longer a basis for prejudice from the dominant group. (Dubois, Miley 172)

The organizations that would take over other beings and cause them to lose their identity to become a slave to the larger organization. However, Assimilation often associated with a negative connotation with the loss of one’s identity or historical culture as part of an integration process with a new, larger cultural identity. This negative connotation therefore raises racial and cultural identity concerns at the mere mention of the term, which results in a loss of the positive connotations of assimilation and loss of the perspective that assimilation does not require the loss of individual identity. The people involved still retain their individual identities, hopes, dreams, interests, loves, and goals, but they also can function more successfully

Being an immigrant and assimilating to the American society is hard but immigrants should get use to the American society and if it’s possible immigrants should accept to lose their heritage. The article posted may 1998 “Immigrants shunning idea of assimilation” William branigin argues that “ like many others her neighborhood, where most of the residents are Mexican immigrants, the jacinto household mixes the old country with the new” immigrants shouldn’t try to keep their heritage still while in america it can cause them to assimilate less to america or it can cause them to have a harder time to assimilate into the american country. “Jacinto became a u.s citizen last April, but she does not feel like an American in fact she seems resistant to the idea of assimilating into U.S. Society.” this is can be a problem for Jacinto because she doesn’t want to

Chapter 9: “Middle Eastern and North African Americans” gave me a different prospective from the negatively outlook portrait by the media in America. I realize that this group is far more that what we hear around. Immigrants from this region of the world are people who are simply looking for a better life, just like any other immigrant group that is migrating to America. Despite their hardship suffer from wars in their native countries that are usually cause by their indifferences in religion and sometimes by dysfunctional governments that don’t care for the wellbeing of the people. I found very interesting to know that most of the individuals from this groups come to the United States a lot more prepared in terms of education than other groups. Although,

Assimilation is to remove a community from their inherit language, cultural practices and displacing them from their lands to conform with non-Aboriginal societal models. Assimilation is achieved by removing First Nations from their traditional lifestyle, rejecting their governance and suppressing their basic human rights through the evolvement of colonization.

In recent studies, the United States has seen an increase in numbers in immigration and has affected both adolescent education and the work environment. These families are forced to learn a new language and blend into a new society. In the article Obstacles to Getting Ahead by Martica L. Bacallao and Paul R. Smokowski “Monolingualism and discrimination in interpersonal interactions and social policies directed Mexican adolescents and their parents to learn English and to conform to host culture norms, appearance, and behaviors to advance in school and in their work.” (1). Lately, education has been a struggle for immigrants due to the language barrier and the effects that it has on them such as depression, anxiety, and even feel abandonment.

I am in much agreement about the lasting effects of the assimilation of Native Americans. It was terrible. To identify precisely the true desires of the American government does not require a lot of speculation. There is evidence per the film, Indian School: Stories of Survival, that the government's policy was to "kill the Indian, save the man", essentially eradicating the Native culture from America (Givens, 2011). This policy is not only barbaric, its thoroughly inhumane. It was accomplished by disenfranchising the Native population by placing them on reservations, forcibly taking their children and enculturating them in American beliefs and customs, stifling the children's vital lessons in development from youth to adulthood,

Reformers, unlike many Americans, thought Native Americans can be assimilated into the American culture. They believed assimilation would lead to Indians settle down in their reservations and stop resisting and fighting. One way of assimilation was the Indian boarding school programs. Reformers believed assimilating Native American youths into the American culture would lead to peace in the future when they grew up and this was the only way to get them “civilized”. Reformers also thought this was required for Native American population to survive from annihilation by the army and settlers. They thought Indian boarding school programs was a good way to achieve this as they were taught to be “civilized”. They had a negative impact due to the

In chapter 8 of the McCloud reading, the book discusses the issues that Muslim immigrants deal with when they move to the western world. The first problem they state is the assimilation and how to integrate their cultural traditions in the western society. Since Muslims are a minority in the western society, we see Muslims are unable to embrace their full culture. Also, there are people who do not accept the different traditions of minorities. Unfortunately, these issues can lead to discrimination and abuse which is also known as Islamophobia. Muslims are treated as second-class citizens in the western society which causes daily challenges to Muslim individuals.

Economic policies and incentives such as childcare and tax breaks may cause immigrants to reevaluate the benefits of joining the labor force. Educators have a lot to learn about the Islamic faith and culture. I agree with the author's plausible arguments. I believe the essence of who we are as individuals or as a people “specifically defined group” stems from the values, culture, and traditional rituals we engage in during our formative years. In my opinion, a separation of cultural norms would result in the spiritual death of an individual. However, once a person has reached maturity, and questions arise, he or she can discontinue or reconstruct rituals that present a more appropriate and discernible

It is important to note the Muslim’s perspective on integration in America. He believes that it is a way for the “white devil” to force the black man to become more and more dependant on whites. He says, “This integration business in America is a fraud. It ain’t good for the black mind and culture…also, no matter how integrated we become, white folks won’t accept us as equals. So why should we break our backs trying to mix with them, heh? To them we will always

Con: Should Muslim immigrants be banned from entering the United States until the government improves its ability to screen potential terrorists?

As a result, migrants, and even their children born in France, would think that they have successfully assimilated into French society, but in the eyes of the non-Muslim population they believe that the Muslim population have not sufficiently assimilated into French society. This notion of immigrant resistance to assimilation seems to be the product of the French perception of how many Muslims immigrants are in the country (Adida, 22388- 22390). This difference of options is the cause of the growing tensions between the two groups. On the other hand, Muslim immigrants have a hand in building the image that they reject assimilation into French society. It has been widely documented how there is a significant amount of discrimination against anyone that could be safely assume of being a Muslim by the French and that in turn many Muslims view this discrimination against them as being institutional to the French society (Adida, Valfort, 1039-1086). The perception that Muslims have about the institutionalized discrimination against them and the perception that the French have about Muslims immigrants unwilling to assimilate complicates the process of assimilation for many Muslim immigrants, even for those born in France but to Muslim parents. This in turn validates the French’s fear that immigrants are not assimilating to

Islam is the second most widely practiced religion in France, with the country being home to the largest Muslim population in Europe. Undoubtedly, France has faced various challenges in its attempt to achieve integration between its citizens and several issues have arisen during the last few decades. In order to comprehend the complexity of issues related to assimilation and integration, it is important to understand the different aspects of these issues and identify the reasons behind them to provide the fundamental basis needed to tackle them.