Assimilation: Everyone is guilty of doing it

 

 

    

    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 everyone has something different about the way they speak, the way they eat, and the language. Many people tend to judge others for the way they dress or speak because they don't understand why they people might need to bring their culture to the United States, or it can be that they left their old culture for a new one. I am happy for who I represent and know that it's wonderful to carry on not just culture but identity. If people you consider "friends judge you for you, you probably don't need those friends. Find people that accept you for you and not just to please other people. 

                                          This is how most people, including me, feel when they don't know what to do about assimilating. They feel trapped, lost, and the peer pressure on not knowing what to do.