Culture And The Culture Of Immigrants

“Culture encompasses the behavior patterns, beliefs, and all other products of a particular group of people that are passed on from generation to generation” (Santrock).

Humanity is ever so much more complicated than one could have ever imagined. Humans can thrive on change, but ultimately look for something to declare as home. In search of this home people travel long distances and risk everything they have. When an American contemplates the word immigrant, one imagines the countless people from Mexico crossing into our country or the refugees that hope to make this country their home. What eludes most of us, however, is the reality that most people were, at one point, immigrants to this country and that our forefathers came here exactly the same as refugees come today. What is brought to mind when I hear the word immigrant is hope and perseverance. I remember the countless people who have traveled here

Culture is the pattern of action and the ways of perceiving, feeling, and thinking acquired growing up in a particular group of people

My family moved here to the United States in 1989; from Eritrea, located in east africa. My father lived in the largest city in Eritrea, named Asmara and my mother lived in the second largest city named, Keren. My mother made an hour and a half trip to school everyday. My parents met when they were only 16 years old. In 1988 my mother Kudusan gave birth to my brother Michael. My parents planned to have more kids but they wanted to provide a better life for a family. My parents decided to move to the United states where they didn’t know anyone, they didn’t have a job, and they didn’t know a lot of english. They moved to the states with just enough money to last them an apartment for a couple months while they looked for work. My father found

As a second-generation immigrant, I grew up with two distinct perspectives of the world. While I identify as an American, I spent nearly every summer in Pakistan, my family’s home country. While in Pakistan, I developed respect for the distinct traditions and beliefs, even those with which I did not agree. I came to appreciate my unique ability to traverse between two cultures, and grew more culturally sensitive. As a medical volunteer in Peru, I noticed many of the other volunteers struggled to acclimate to the foreign environment. The food was different, our rooms were drafty, and we were lucky if there was enough water to shower. My trips to Pakistan taught me to adapt to culturally diverse environments. While Peruvian culture is vastly

For years there has been controversy about how immigrants should assimilate in America. In the past, new incoming immigrants integrated themselves into the American Society based on what they believed the American culture and customs were. Sometimes they chose not to practice them because they were against their own personal beliefs (Zunz, Bodnar, and Thernstrom, p.53.). In recent arguments, some people believe that assimilation is achieved by adopting the American norms and language. While others believe immigrants should integrate their own customs and language into the American culture. These speculations have placed a dividing line in between how Americans feel immigrants should and should not assimilate.

In the textbook , “An Introduction to Intercultural Communication: Identities in Global Community,” by Fred E. Jandt, the author defines culture as the, “sum total of ways of living, including behavioral norms, linguistic expression, styles of communication, patterns of thinking, and beliefs and values of a group large enough to be self-sustaining and transmitted over the course of generations.” In a culture

o Culture encapsulates the language, values, norms, and material objects that are passed from one generation to the next

Culture: Culture refers to values, languages, symbols, norms, beliefs, expectations that members of a group possess and the good things they produce and use in their life. Culture is the thing that all the members of a group or society follow.

The American culture is a wide variety of things. This is caused from immigration. Some of the things we do to celebrate holidays and important days are similar though. Many people celebrate Independence Day by lighting off fireworks, and eating red-white-and-blue foods and decorating with flags. On Easter many families believe the Easter bunny comes, and on Christmas Santa Claus does. Also many people eat turkey on thanksgiving.

Culture is defined as “The ideas, attitudes, customs, beliefs, values and social behaviour of a particular group of people or society that are passed on from generation to generation” (Brentnall, A., n.d.).

Culture is a way of life. It can be defined as a group of people linked by geographical location, ethnicity, gender or age. Culture can be reflected through language, clothing, food, behavior, spirituality and traditions. The behavioral patterns developed through culture are difficult to change.

To what extent are immigrants forced to conform and abandon their cultural practices to adorn a foreign identity?

According to BOLA (2001) culture is the shared beliefs, values and norms of a group and it includes:

culture is a word that implies to the integrated pattern of human behavior(thoughts’communication,actions,belief,values,and institution of a racial,ethnic,religious,or social group