In her book, Another Kind of Public Education, Patricia Hill Collins describes a startling personal incident, which reveals the prevalent inequities still present in the American school system. The author attended Philadelphia High School for Girls, where she was one of few African Americans in her class. As a result of her minority status, the author transformed into a quiet girl and felt uncomfortable in her classes. One day, Patricia’s teacher invites her to deliver a Flag Speech. Patricia composes a speech, but she also includes personal information about the failures of American ideals, which her teacher eventually deletes.…
She gives three causes, or explanations, on why immigrants are reluctant to assimilate, forgetting old traits and adopting new ones. First, is the strong feeling of pride Hispanics have for their country and values. Second, is the close proximity of Hispanics to their native country. Third, is the seeming lack of support from many Hispanics Americans to help new immigrants assimilate. Many Hispanics see isolation as a way to hold on their cultural…
According to Lisa Sun-Hee Park assimilation “…two different social groups follow a cycle of progressive stages of interaction. This was understood as a universal, natural process that begins with competition and ends with assimilation. Assimilation, then, was understood as inevitable” (Schlund-Vials). Park’s definition describes assimilation as stages of interaction which is accurate, however I believe that assimilation is dependent on willingness of a person or group to assimilate. Assimilation may not be inevitable always, but it may be common for many reasons.…
In my high school of over three thousand students, there are two Muslim students; I am one, and my younger sister is the other. Needless to say, deeming us minorities would be a bit of an understatement. My elementary school years deluded me with the superficial allures of assimilation into a primarily white, Christian community. I made constant attempts at blending into my effectively homogenous school, from fabricating stories about Christmas with my family to telling my friends that I had forgotten my lunch at home (thirty days in a row) as opposed to explaining the intricacies of fasting.…
Assimilation Viewed Differently In the article “‘Blackicans’ and Other Reinvented Americans” Richard Rodriguez defines assimilation as something that happens when a person comes into a group, and becomes more like that group. Rodriguez is for and against assimilation he states “i am in favor of assimilation. i am not in favor of assimilation. i recognize assimilation”, he sees it as something that is inevitable(91).…
When reading ”Mobilizing culture, language, and educational practices, Fulfilling the promises of Mendez and Brown” by Moll, L (2010) it goes on to explain the landmark brown v. board of education (1954) involving the Mexican and Mexican American students who lived in California. The Méndez family brought this case in relation to brown and cultural aspects involving what was happing to education at that time. From the reading I did not know how important this case was to everyone but that the law allowed segregation to Asians and Native Americans and did not go into detail for Mexican children. I found it interesting that when Gonzalo asked for help from a Hispanic organization they refused but helped later on. All Gonzalo wanted was to Change the education for children of the future.…
The King after traveling for a long time, decided to stop at Taghaza and stay here, but it was probably one of the worst decisions ever. The water was very salty and slaves only lived there. Salt was mined and it was very valuable. I get out my pieces of paper and pen and I write down my observations. Not many good things come out of this place.…
Assimilation means multiple groups become mixed by obtaining each other’s social and psychological characteristics, such as how waves of immigrants have been assimilated into the American culture. Richard Rodriguez, the writer of “Blaxican’s and Other Reinvented Americans” is telling the readers about mixing race in America and belongings of immigration. Cultural assimilation in Rodriguez’s view is the processes by groups of cultures that comes from different countries and speak different languages. Rodriguez points out that assimilation happened naturally over time.…
The relationship between race, housing, and poverty in metropolitan areas in the United States of America is significant because these issues are still prominent in Cities and States. For an example, residents in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, 55.1 percent of its population lives in segregated areas. Caucasian’s and African-American unemployment rate vastly differ. The unemployment rate of African-Americans being 20.2 percent compared to the white unemployment rate being 5.4 percent (Frohlich, 2015). 33.6 percent of African Americans live below the poverty rate compared to the poverty rate for Cacauscians, which is only 9.3 percent.…
While some people believe that immigrants ought to comply with the local culture of country they immigrated, others think that they should create on their own atmosphere by creating little societies. In my view, it seems to me that creating a new environment for immigrants much convenient way. This essay will discuss the both point of view before drawing a reasoned conclusion. On the one hand, people agree that it is necessary for immigrants to adopt the local culture in order to prevent cultural conflicts between two different nations.…
I have no idea about cultural anthropology until I took this class. I have comprehensive approach methods to the study Sudanese immigrant’s struggles that lived in the United States of America, particularly in the State of Missouri. The methods I used as follow: 1. Describe questions such as could you tell me what you do to adopt or assimilate into a new culture? Or could you describe the way you adopt or assimilate into a new culture?…
As the American industries continued to grow, many of the Native Americans were living on the Federal reservations. Native Americans continue to have hopes to retain their traditional ways of life. However, Congress considered educating this society into what was called assimilation. The goal was to advance Christianity, educate their children and change the entire Native culture into the more dominant society which was the Europeans.…
Assimilation and Acculturation Assimilation is a process where an individual integrates into another culture. Acculturation is the process in which one culture adopts the language, tradition or values…
United States is known to be the land of opportunities for immigrants. The transition of moving to a new country requires the ongoing adaptation to a new environment. As mentioned in the text, adaptation is created of two forms known as assimilation and accommodation. Carter (2011) defines assimilation as accepting or rejecting information without any change from the system. He also defines accommodation as modifying the structure in response to the information (page 42).…
Assimilation is a process that many immigrants go through when they move to a new society that has a culture that differs from their original one. When one assimilates they not only adopt new cultural beliefs and practices, but, more importantly, they lose the ones that they already had. Assimilation is a double-edged sword that helps enhance a person’s perspective and mixes cultures together so that eventually the one main culture of a society is a conglomeration of many other different cultures. At the same time, culture is a significant part of a person, to lose a culture is a tragedy that mirrors that of losing a part of one’s soul. The decision, whether conscious or unconscious, of assimilating or even refusing to assimilate can forever change a person and how they view the world around them.…