Assimilation: Shaping American Identity

American Assimilation Did you know that as an American, you are still an immigrant? During the 17th century, British colonizers came to the America’s to explore and expand the British territory. Years later, the colonizers revolted against the British crown and created the United States, inventing and assimilating into a new ethnic group; Americans. Throughout the centuries, immigrants have helped shape the American identity by changing the meaning of truly being American and through assimilation.
According to Richard Rodriguez’s argument “Blaxicans and other Reinvented Americans”, immigrants have helped shape American identity by assimilating into the American culture. For example, “...grandchildren of those who tried to keep immigrants