How To Assimilate In American Culture

Acceptance is the first building-block when entering a group. If accredited by those in your association, this leads to belonging with everyone, and then finally being treated like close acquaintances no matter what the situation is. This behavior is displayed throughout in the stories, The Outsiders and West Side Story. In the fictional novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the main character, Ponyboy, belongs to a diverse gang of delinquents, each of them with different qualities and aspects, but as divergent as they all are, they always welcome one another like a family. In the fictional play West Side Story by Arthur Laurents, there is a character named Tony who has gradually grown distant from his old gang, the Jets, although his fellow

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.

Possessing different physical attributes and cultural customs to the majority can make it difficult to feel like one belongs to a certain group. Groups are formed on opinion and common interests, not feeling like a person shares any of these things with another can make a person feel like an outsider especially a migrant.

The polarized politics of the Roberts Court article examines the Roberts Court and its relationship to the Obama’s government after the results of midterm elections in 2014. It starts by analyzing the structure of the Court during the past 40 years. The court has been structured by electoral politics and it has been seen to be more conservative, divided and polarized in its decision-making and this reflects the politics of the post-1968 electoral regime. The article also looks at the impact of the 2014 midterm election. The article shows that the control of the senate by Republican will lead to constrain to the president’s ability to shape the federal courts proceeding (Clayton and Salamone 739). There is likelihood of the Republican leaving the composition of the current Supreme Court intact and also leave Justice Kennedy as the pivotal swing vote. It will also elevate the Court as a campaign issue in the coming 2016 presidential elections.

The desire for social acceptance is a desperate attempt to become happy. It can be painful for many people (but not all) to live alone and spend hours imagining going out with a social circle that doesn't exist. It kills your productivity as you feel your life lose its vigor, pep, and color. The pain of being alone is so great that being accepted by a social group, no matter how superficial the relationship may be, is so worth it to most people. As we gain stressful positions of responsibility and heavy tasks, sometimes having an acquaintance that cares (or at least you think they do) can keep you resilient. However, when it comes down to minority groups social acceptance can be hard to come by.

I have lived in two different countries before moving to the United States of America; the challenging things about moving into a new country is learning the language, culture, and getting used to the new food. By the age of 15, I had learned to speak three different languages: Amharic, which is spoken in Ethiopia; Swahili, which is the native langue of Kenya, and a little bit of English. English is one of the hardest languages for me to learn and speak, because English is different from my native language in pronunciations, tone, and English has so many different words, which have the same meanings. Once I moved to the U.S.A, I had to learn how to speak English well in order to communicate with people at work, school and to socialize in the community. Attending college to learn English and other cultures is very important to me. For example, when I am attending collage, I will be meeting people from all over the world with different cultures and backgrounds. For instance, last semester I met an Indian student in my math class, she was very friendly and open indeed. She taught me a lot about her culture. The most interesting example is the one she mentioned about their wedding ceremony. The traditional wedding includes painting of the feet and hands of the bride, and this tradition is called Mehndi. Learning about her culture has allowed me to understand and appreciate the culture differences we possess. I

How do you know beyond what you already know without expanding our knowledge, making discoveries? People know what they know based off of experience or receiving information from a knowledgeable person. People with raised in a concentrated society with one culture don't really adapt to new cultures and ideas easily. For example, my parents were raised in Haiti where there's one culture, one race, one society. Adapting to America's diverse culture and races was weird for them. The mentally they were raised with, what's right and wrong, stayed with them. They became aware of other's ideas and beliefs, but it didn't mean they'd pick it up and apply it to their lives... which they didn't.

Many things are important to us, one of these is being accepted by our society. We all hate to be the outsider or the new kid, because we feel alone and secluded . In “Who Am I This Time?';, Helene Shaw’s job kept her moving to a different town every eight weeks. She became very cold to her

From Chinatown to Monterey Park, Asian Americans across the boundaries of Los Angeles are flourishing from bustling inner cities to middle class suburbia. The suburban life style was originally created by white Americans for white Americans however in today’s suburban cities and towns there seems to be a substantial group of Asians and Asian Americans thriving in these once predominately white areas(Li 1993, 318). The development of Asians and Asian Americans in the suburbs occurred through the following three ways, first is the development of Chinatown and how it became the Mecca for immigrants and the second is Asian American assimilation into American society. The last reason is the gentrification of towns such as Chinatown, and Little Tokyo.

They aren’t spending as much time with friends anymore. So what do you do when you finally have some free time? You buy new clothes for when you can go out with them again. You buy an outfit, or maybe two just so you can maintain an image that has seeped into the culture which is; Clean, stylish, and expensive.

Latino/as represent approximately 12.5% of the U.S. population, making them largest ethnic minority in the United States today. As the years progress, psychologists are aware that the increase of Mexican American population will occur because of immigration and higher birth rates. Therefore, the needs for mental health services are evident simply because of the psychological stressors they face due to poverty, immigration, and acculturation. Although the need for metal health services is noticeable, researches suggest they underuse these services because of 3 in particular hypotheses. First, Mexican Americans have low incidences of mental health services. Second, there is a lack of institutional barriers such as: lack of Spanish speaking counselors, finances, and lack of ethnically similar counselors. Lastly, culturally barrier theory, otherwise known as acculturation and Mexican values.

As a new voter to the American society, it is my duty to know who and what I am voting for. It is said that people with a higher education are more likely to vote. My role is to represent the Senator, political party, and the candidate for the United States of America. Learning to become such an American that has the right to vote, and gives the final thoughts on how a certain subject should be ran. With being a college student and studying real world issues, gives me a better understand of the complex issues, and what changes can be done to either help or take away the situation. My civil responsibility as an American is to participate in government. To participate in the government voting, volunteer, and acknowledging what is going on in

Not keeping in touch with your cultural can make you feel lost because it is part of your ethnic background. It makes you feel like you just do not belong. Leticia Salais’s “Saying Adios to Spanglish” published 2007, Salais chose not to speak her native language in public because she was embarrassed by it and related it to poverty. Salais went to great lengths to hide her native language and culture from the public for professional gain not realizing that her native language and culture connects her to her ethnic background.

I chose this job because not only do I like to babysit but also I like to work with kids that have been through a lot. I want to be a counselor to not only the kids but the parents also. If I chose this job in the future, I do believe that I would like this job. I think that I would be able to make a change in the child’s life and also the parent’s life. Its sad to see such a young child to be treated like a animal by their parents, but its also sad that the parents treat their child like a animal. I think that if I chose this job I could help child face their fear of abuse and abandonment. Being a social worker I know that they go through a lot on their job and sometimes it may be tough for them to handle their emotions. I was talking with

This is truly a fascinating topic to be discussing, as I have often pondered and discussed with friends how we should examine films. I personally am of the mind that director intent is an important thing to keep in mind when you're viewing a film, as it can tell you a lot about the artist and where their mind was at when they were making the film. As scholars we should try to avoid putting words in other people's mouths, if Ridley Scott believes their is no message in the film than the artist obviously never intended to produce anything other than their own artistic vision. On that note, that doesn’t mean that we as scholars and viewers shouldn’t discuss how we see a film, what we interpret from the characters/storytelling and the aesthetic choices. Everyone has their own view on a film and ignoring your own feelings when discussing it with others or in a paper would be a waste of a unique perspective. In short I think the director's intent and individual views should have symbiotic relationship, keeping both perspectives in mind is something I always try to do and it