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    thin mask for deep hatred and prejudice and assimilation can rob groups of their ability to protect themselves. This question of whether to assimilate or maintain their separate identity was a crucial one, particularly during the rise of World War II. In their Novels The Mortal Storm and Farewell Leicester Square Phyllis Bottome and Betty Miller both deal with the question of assimilation. While Bottome’s protagonist, Freya, fights against assimilation overstep of the way and Miller’s portagenist

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    In the essay “Immigrants and Family Values”, the author Francis Fukuyama argued that immigrants, are not a threat for American family values, but rather American culture can become a threat for “newcomers”. On the other hand, Fukuyama expressed that as long as first generation immigrants want to keep their culture and language intact in school that will keep them from really assimilating the new culture. Before explaining why immigrants are not a threat for United States family values, Fukuyama introduced

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    In reality, full assimilation is not necessarily needed to succeed here in America, but instead, having a diverse background and knowledge of another language actually has more benefits than not. There are many more opportunities available for people who are multilingual because

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    During my time as a high school student, I considered myself an artist and was deeply involved with the art community within my school. However ever since I began college and was bombarded with all the new responsibilities and expectations, I have constantly failed to connect with that part of myself once again, and as I sat in my chair at the unveiling of this year’s edition of the student-run magazine Metromorphosis, with a version of it opened within my hands, I felt the artist within me resurface

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    ONBOARDING – How to Get Your New Employees Up to Speed in Half the Time1 Onboarding is the process of acquiring, accommodating, assimilating, and accelerating new team members, whether they come from outside or inside the organization. The prerequisite to successful onboarding is getting your organization aligned around the need and the role.  Align:     Acquire: Accommodate: Assimilate: Accelerate: Make sure your organization agrees on the need for a new team member and the delineation of

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    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

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    not stop people from pursuing their goals and dreams. As a student perseverance is needed because you cannot give up easily or you just will not make it. Aria has many counter arguments and debates revolving around assimilation. To better visualize the meaning of assimilation imagine having a group of blue blocks all exactly the same. You bring in a few different colored blocks red, yellow, green ones. In order for them to fit in you paint them all blue. Isn’t that erasing part of who they are

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    Assimilation: One of the ways in which encounters between conquistadores like Columbus and the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas took shape was the process of assimilation. Assimilation involved attempts by the conquistadores to ‘civilise’ the indigenous populations through spreading European customs and faith. The process itself was based on perceived cultural and religious distinctions, which affected debates over the meaning of the ‘human’. The colonisers’ ignorance towards and dismissal

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    I do not think that there are cultural or linguistic factors, as many Hmong are gifted in mathematics, and have passed the scientific baccalaureate in France. (Hua) It was interesting to note that while many participants believed that Hmong culture plays a role in the ability to learn mathematics, they were divided as to whether the role was positive or negative. Advocating the latter, some stated that there are elements of Hmong culture and heritage that make it more difficult to learn the subject:

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    of who they are. Nonetheless, being near a Border can have benefits as well as consequences like the loss of culture. Assimilation means to adapt to a new culture and become a part of them. “People of different backgrounds and beliefs undergo assimilation when, through living together, they come to see themselves as part of a larger community.” The reason why you see assimilation often in Chicano/a Literature is because many Mexicans try to blend into the American culture. Many Chicanos write stories

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