Cultural Stereotypes Among Immigrants

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It comes as no surprise that the some immigrants are conflicted about cultural views and as time goes by, they desire to assimilate to their new community. However, we, immigrants tend to fulfill a stereotypical role. We develop the sense of cultural sense of humor too. Some big and diverse countries like United States or Europe countries have a subject dispute about cultural ethos. Some of these issues include national identity or beliefs and values of a culture. A national identity is when the majority of people associate with the nation where they born. First, let us define what identity is and what cultural is. Based on Webster dictionary, identity is sameness of essential or generic character in different instances whereas cultural, it

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