Assimilation By Una Marson

People are consistently changing the way that they look, act, and even some of their beliefs just to fit in with society. There’s an invariably never-ending desire to want to feel accepted by others. Social pressure is what drives humans to do things that they know are wrong, but yet, they continue to do so. “The Rules about the Rules,” Stephen Carter describes a person of integrity would know right from wrong and would do right at all personally cost. Amy Tan Mother Tongue, was often embarrassed by the broken English her family spoke. She would conceal her accent whenever she could to avoid the embarrassment. Culture and gender play an immense role when it comes to trying to fit in. In America, you have to fit in as an American while keeping the roots of your

Everyone is raised within a culture with a set of customs and morals handed down by those generations before them. Most individual’s view and experience identity in different ways. During history, different ethnic groups have struggled with finding their place within society. In the mid-nineteen hundreds, African Americans faced a great deal of political and social discrimination based on the tone of their skin. After the Civil Rights Movement, many African Americans no longer wanted to be identified by their African American lifestyle, so they began to practice African culture by taking on African hairdos, African-influenced clothing, and adopting African names. By turning away from their roots, many African Americans embraced a culture that was not inherited, thus putting behind the unique and significant characteristics

Good Afternoon teachers and students, The following texts express how an individuals understanding of belonging can quickly be changed by the people and place around them. “Jasper Jones a novel written by Craig Silvey”, it is a short story of a boy named Charles Butkins and the events that occurred because he helped Jasper Jones mask the death of Laura Wishart. “Australia by Ania Walwicz”, is attacking the people of Australia in the form of a poem, because of their point of views and attitudes in life. She also hates Australia itself because the people are not welcoming, this is the main point of this poem.

Everyone is raised within a culture with a set of customs and morals handed down by those generations before them. Most individual’s view and experience identity in different ways. During history, different ethnic groups have struggled with finding their place within society. In the mid-nineteen hundreds, African Americans faced a great deal of political and social discrimination based on the tone of their skin. After the Civil Rights Movement, many African Americans no longer wanted to be identified by their African American lifestyle, so they began to practice African culture by taking on African hairdos, African-influenced clothing, and adopting African names. By turning away from their roots, many African Americans embraced a

Furthermore, assimilation helping people succeed is also the reason why people think authenticity can be disregarded. Yoshino talks about Sheen in his essay saying that Sheen have to “get a name people could pronounce and connect with” if he “wanted to work commercially” (294) to illustrate what he talks in the beginning of his essay that “Nonetheless, being deemed mainstream is still often a necessity of social life” (293). People have to get along with each other so some of the people are unable to ignore society pressure and choose to alter their identities to fit in. We all have to work to survive. If covering to assimilate helps us fluid in the workplace, we have no resistance to say no to be unauthentic. We can see the reason why Yoshino believes assimilation is unavoidable because it has its own benefit. Being in the mainstream and unauthentic is not totally bad because it expands people’s possibilities to succeed and feel safe and

By definition, cultural assimilation is “the process whereby individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society. The process of assimilating involves taking on the traits of the dominant culture to such a degree that the assimilating group becomes socially indistinguishable from other members of the society.” During this process, ethnic individualities, characteristics, and traits of the minority population can disappear. Unfortunately, this is the opposite of multiculturalism, which stresses the significance of promoting different cultures, ethnicities, and races within a single jurisdiction. While multiculturalism promotes diversity among society, assimilation can and does morphs us into much of the same mold. However, assimilation also opens new doors, opportunities, and experiences to those that may never have experienced them otherwise. Ultimately, assimilation to some degree is seemingly unavoidable, as those from different countries must learn to adapt to their new surroundings. This leads to the question of whether cultural assimilation should be viewed as a positive or negative experience. Should being “American” require immigrants as well as international students to feel pressured to integrate and conform to the culture? Does this process of integrating come naturally, or is it forced upon them? In short, do we really want immigrants to assimilate?

Firstly, one of the most horrific practises of the world of assimilation, where one is forced to convert to another religion, follow different customs and orders and have to have any memory of their true beliefs to be erased is completely barbaric, but was one of the events that occurred in 1750s to the French! Despite the 1774 Québec Act where the French regained their lost rights, I still believe that this was one of the tragedies that nevertheless remains an issue in this advanced community. The young generation of this country are constantly trying to re-invent themselves so they appeal more to their friends and the society

Jennifer Wang says, “The meaning behind assimilation is not this passive melting pot thing, but rather that you are actively made to lose your own cultural identity and take on another. I think the disadvantages in assimilation are that we lose the very roots of what makes us who we are and also many things that make us unique as different ethnicities and people groups.” Several things are left behind such as food, clothing, language, and even religion. Not everyone gives those things up but they are practiced in private to avoid interrogation and gawking. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to have the feeling of belonging to your

With the influx of Muslim immigrants and refugees coming to France tensions have sprung up between the native population and the arriving immigrants. The French government now faces the pressure deciding on how to address the issue of how to best assimilate and integrate incoming Muslims into French society without causing public tensions or discords among the two groups. Since the French Revolution of 1749 assimilation has been an important value of French society; first applied to the different regions of France itself and then utilized on immigrants (Gran, Hein, 371). This issue has previously been outside of the mainstream public spotlight, allowing governments to handle the issue as they saw fit, but with the increased visibility of migrants

People cover in order to fit into the mainstream, they hide their true identity in order to be liked by the majority of society. Assimilation is a popular form of covering because a person conforms to another group’s culture in public yet still believe in their own. They may like the popular culture but at the end of the day they are going to celebrate the customs they truly believe in. The reason people conform is because they are afraid of being bullied or judged for being and acting differently than the majority. Many groups of people are being held back because of covering especially minorities such as black and Asians. They are pressured to “act white” because of white supremacy, the groups have to behave like the majority in order to

Society plays a major role in the alienation and the integration in the United States and Germany. When attempting to assimilate into either society, a newcomer is judged based on their culture, behavior, the company they keep and their past activities. Depending on the society certain attributes contribute to the outcome. For instance a smoker may be rejected by society in the United States as smoking has become taboo, however in German culture smoking is very much popular, with cigarette vending machines on street corners. Another example is a muslim woman, who in the middle east had to wear a burqa, covering her entire body except her eyes and deal with the constant misogyny of middle eastern society, could be accepted in both German and

Assimilation into one’s surrounding doesn’t mean the complete abandonment of one’s culture. America has had an influx of immigrants for centuries; however, most still live their lives as if they had never left their homeland or cultural surroundings. When we hear about terrorism here in the states, we most likely assume it’s Muslims in the Middle East, blowing up innocent people, but that is not the case. Terrorism is a global issue that has no face, but uses many identities like religion, ethnicity, and politics threatens the lives of millions globally. It is usually fabricated by a resurgence against the policies of governments, whether be it foreign or domestic. Establishing a one world government ruled by the people for the people is necessary if we are to move forward as a

First of all, it is important to consider the reasons why immigrants may decide to assimilate and what does it actually mean. In general, assimilation is “the procedure where individual of a cultural alternative group assimilate through adapting to the host region’s culture deciding to engage in the activities of host countries” (Pros and Cons of Assimilation 2014). It means that assimilation equals the adoption of new values and traditions. There are many reasons why immigrants decide that they need to integrate. There is no doubt that immigrants want to fit into the country where they decide to live. If they assimilate, it will be much easier to have a good quality of live in a new place. Immigrants will have more chances to find a suitable and well paid job as well as to find good acquaintances. Assimilation should enable immigrants not to feel isolated from the rest of the society. It is clear that most immigrants decide to assimilate simply because they want to function better in a new country. They decide to adopt a new culture, new language, and new traditions to be treated equally in their new society. Basically, it is possible to say that the main factor that causes assimilation is the desire to be welcomed and treated well in a new

The role of local government in shaping the assimilation of this community is to honor both parties of citizens. Government is the leaderships of group of people with the power to make decisions and carry them out and enforce the law. It exist to control people actions and behaviors. Government also has to give support and protection to citizens. The role of government should give hope and opportunities also. To accommodation cultural assimilations occurs when immigrants adopt their new country’s cultural practice to integrate into societies. Social acceptances is easier for groups who culture and appearance resemble to the majority of the group. Many groups have sever difficulty to integrate into mainstream United States society. The 18 year told that was interviewed was born and raised in Detroit but spent 2 years in Yemen. During his stay they he felt more protected and had better opportunities in American. It seems like his best experiences was the ability to practice his Arabic. Government should also understand and make accommodations to help it easier to assimilation. For example, some of the students had to change school because they were harassed by other students. From their harassment they had to open up their own school. To have a separate school because the minority cannot fit into the massive is similarly to segregations of blacks from white schools. African Americans had to then go to the same school for protection. It also leads to greater

In the book entitled A History of Islam in The America by Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, he discusses the fact that many of the enslaved African Muslims were obligated either to acculturate or assimilate to gain acceptance in the new society. He gives an example of Abdul Rahman. GhaneaBassiri states, “he was presented as a convert to Christianity who been baptized in the Baptist church.” I understood this mark as when we relocated to a different place, some people tend to assimilate. There is this saying that “when you enter into a room, if everybody has one eye opened, you should do the same.” Therefore, it is comprehensible if people assimilate to the majority of people because we are expected to fit in that society. I consider assimilation as being the survival of the fittest. Nobody desired to be alienated from the rest, so they do the exact things that others do. Moreover, the concept of assimilation helps keep an order in a society. People can be easily manipulated or controlled when they have the same values or think similarly. That’s just the way human being function; we don’t like something to be