Transnationalism: The Study of Population Moves

An immigrant that is coming to the United States has the emotion and perception that draws to a country of opportunities; that will live in a country that will be friendly. However, most of the time, immigrant do not know that they are coming to live in a different culture, and because of that, they need to experience and adjustment in many ways, and an adjustment that will help them to do many things with confidence.

An immigrant's culture and beliefs take a shift, sometimes going extinct, or they evolve to include elements from both countries; where they grew up, and where they’ll grow old. Transculturation is key in order to fit into a new society, those who do it well have a smoother time transitioning. For example the Hmong and Mexicans both had to flee their country, but the Mexicans found it easier to transition to the American culture than the Hmongs.The Hmongs never thought they would leave their home in Laos, they were happy and thriving on their lands. Unfortunately war struck and the Hmong agreed to help the US fight back, due to their involvement in the war, they were seen as traders, therefore they were persecuted by the Vietnamese. Due to this the Hmong people suffered in

The changing environments throughout the ages have caused the movement of thousands of families out of their homelands. Whether forced to make such decisions or doing so by their own desires, all immigrants have had to survive the physical and psychological challenges encountered along the way. To speak about the experiences of all these different people using the same ideas and examples would be quite inaccurate. They all, however, had to live through similar situations and deal with similar problems. Many of them succeeded and found the better future they were looking for. Many others found only hardship and experienced the destruction of their hopes and dreams. All of them were transformed.

Immigration is the means for a individual that is not originally from an area or country to migrate to another area, “the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country” (Google, 2017). When an individual from a different country migrates into a foreign country they undergo “immediate stressors associated with meeting basic survival needs, losing the familiar, learning English, and meeting the demands of life in a new environment. They also soon face resettlement challenges of cop- ing with cultural change, mobilizing resources to meet their needs, and formulating future life goals” (Timberlake, Faber, Wall, Taylor, Sabatino, 2003) Immigrants usually rely on their spirituality, moral frameworks, culture framework and famility sustaining

Although most immigrants are Hispanic, at least 11% of the newcomers are from India, Vietnam and China. Immigrants from all over the world come for the same three things: economic, religious, and political freedom. The countries the people have escaped from are riddled with thousands of obstacles ranging from political unrest, religious persecution to poverty and oppression. Hoping for a better life for themselves and their loved ones, immigrants experience multiple trials and unthinkable horrors on their journey towards

The comparison of the three cultures found that the immigrants to the United States maintained strong ties to the country of their birth or parents birth. Preferring to speak in the native language and maintaining ethnic diets. Each group married an individual from the same ethnic and religious background and maintained strong connections with family. The greatest difference is the timing of seeking out health care. The cultures that were not US born tended to utilize traditional medicine before seeking out treatment from a medical doctor. This is partially due to lack of access to health care for the Hispanic populations. The three families each believed that faith is vital to health and routinely attend church and participate as active members within the church.

Religious beliefs of a community are the beliefs and building blocks of a cultural environment. They dictate the beliefs in supernatural power. When a new member is added or moves in a new community which of course is bounded with particular religious beliefs, they find it a challenge to adapting to the new Christian ideas. To be well off with the places, what kind of worship they offer, how they do their offerings which is of course entirely different with the one from the new member's culture, they have to be dedicated to getting involved in the religious functions entirely. The most significant challenge comes when the new member in the literature does not show interest in the new environments religious beliefs and might be discriminated as people may view them as unholy or spies to their way of life hence might be chased away.

Many people choose to migrate to another country to pursue a better life where one can make more money with higher standard of living. However in the town Ticuani, located in Mixteca, Mexico, many people choose to “transnational” between their native country and United State, New york. Where one will spend sometime in New york and some other times in Ticuani, and their life will be moving back and for the between country. Even though this sound like an easy plan, but immigrant who did this had to adapt life from both countries and faces difficulties and problems from two places.

Seeking tradition and spirituality has always been prime through the course of this life. Believing and finding truths of the spirt realm’s unknown gives comfort while living. With so many people coming and settling in America, there begins to be a shift of different religions and spiritual practices emerging. America's founders established a civilization that would embrace the differences that countless cultures would bring to the United States. But here lies the challenges with this concept. It has been hard even in the late 1800s when the Native Americans did not want to conform to new Christianity; it created a rift that is still president here today with not only the natives but different cultures and ethnic backgrounds. In an article

For sure, immigrants who come to this country must adapt quickly because, if they don’t keep up they will be left behind. Unfortunately, through this fast- paced world we live in our ancient cultural beliefs and attitudes will be heard of, through

I think one of the most stressful things for communities when immigrants enter is the acknowledgement and respect for differing cultural practices. I feel that those within a community usually share some sort of link that connects them to one another. Those links can be religiously, ethnically, culturally and/or racially based. The shared links shape a person’s outlook, and therefore when an immigrant migrates to a new community they can clash with the native culture. These cultural clashes can manifest in different ways and they can be huge barriers that both the community and the immigrant to overcome. I think that the main stressor in these instances are due to a lack of knowledge about what the immigrant’s home culture is like and the practices/norms they have there. I also think that having a mutual respect for their different cultural practices is important to the cohesion of the two cultures, because if either the natives or the immigrants don’t respect the other then they’re more likely to challenge and attack them for it.

A religious family in the story Why I am a Pagan by Zitkala-sa, talks about how this little girl was taught certain things that her family has always gone by. What she was taught, she now holds close to her life dearly, while also relying on it every moment of the day. Her life shows us a different view on cultural identity, how she was taught something important not only to her, but in everyone else’s as well. By showing her what the kind of men in her life mean the most to her. She says something about her religion, how it reflects her past, present, and future, along with what she stands for. She says, “I was taught long years ago by kind missionaries to read the holy book, these godly men taught me also the folly of our old beliefs.” (Zitkala-sa 2) In her culture, and

There were four acculturation strategies that was proposed for minority migrants, depending on their level of cultural awareness: (a) assimilation occurs when individuals abandon their cultural identity in favour of adopting the new culture, (b) marginality occurs when individuals abandon their cultural identity and yet have little interest in adopting the new culture, (c) integration occurs when individuals maintain their cultural identity as well as adopting some characteristics of the new culture, and (d) separation occurs when individuals maintain their original cultural identity and do not adopt the new culture (Heggins & Jackson,

The processes of globalisation create an open market place for trade, but globalisation is also an exchange of cultures, of ideas and practices. Spiritual practices and rituals are one of the ways in which a culture reproduces itself and as such, is subject to hegemonic forces which act to alter the existing form.

In order to keep their cultural and religious heritages existent new adaptations of religions begin to form after the invasion of the Europeans. The