Argumentative Essay On Endangered Cultures

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There are many cultures dying off all over as of late. More than ever, people are switching to modern ideals; forgetting the traditional principles they grew up on. Contrastively, they are a dying culture due to external factors. Some reasons for assimilating from immigration are a steady income, better futures, and refuge from their broken homeland. Or simply because they are being forced to with the group threatening them. Events with threats happen due to the personal gain terrorist groups get. These might be things such as control, religion, and nationalism. The question now is can these endangered cultures retain their identity with adapting into society today? Many argue that the indigenous people must preserve their original roots and …show more content…
Natural disasters that occur could be more than enough cause to start anew in a different country. The damage is irreparable as villages and lives are destroyed immensely. The Kalash of Chitral in Pakistan has experienced monsoons, “The floods damaged tourist hotels, shops and houses near the nullah (mountain stream) on the valley floor and swept away crops of ripe maize and orchards full of fruit trees” all that have left their crops and homes ruined (As Floods Hit, Pakistan's Kalasha People Fear for Their Way of Life) There has been conversions to Islam, which also hurts their population. Numerous other endangered tribes are facing the same problems, like the Awá and Dropka with deforestation or even Huaorani with oil exploration (They're Killing Us': World's Most Endangered Tribe Cries for Help)(Incredible Photos Show Remote Ecuadorian Tribe, Who Hunt Monkeys with Blowpipes)(DROKPA). Companies send out workers to take natural resources from these isolated areas no matter the cost. Depleting the environment forces tribes to either assimilate to save themselves or die off along with their language and …show more content…
Likewise to how Native Americans were forced to adopt “American” culture; there is the question of how far some for a united culture will go. Most will convince these peoples verbally by explaining how their life would improve by changing their identity. But in laissez-faire countries, groups will abuse victims to force a following for control and military strength. For the targeted, it is very hard to hold on to such ideals when the other life sounds so much better, being stable in a fair society. Or it is difficult to resist due to the torture terrorist groups will put them

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