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Assimilation: Everyone is guilty of doing it

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              Well to start off, you might be wondering what is assimilation and that is trying to get rid of cultures or identify to fit in or feel accepted. I don't think that assimilation is such a good thing, just the word itself sounds negative. I have assimilated before because when people ask me "where are your parents from," I used to say I don't know, and it was because I was embarrassed to say my parents were from El Salvador. It wasn't because of was ashamed of the country, more because it's not such a well-known country, it's mostly small. But it's a good thing it's small because now I have realized that I can talk more about it in order for more people to know about it. I don't think that the students or adults that come to a new place should just forget or try to get rid of their cultures. Everyone has something unique about them, culture diffusion is much needed in order for the world to be different and not basic. That's why...