Examples Of Assimilation In Mother Tongue

Assimilation Does It Really Exist? How would you like it if you were seeing and treated "different" classified as "other" only because of the color of skin? The real question, how does one be successful through these situations? In the society of today this seems to happen way too often, assimilation on the other hand has been seeing as a way to aid this growing problem. In definition the individual may adapt to the surrounding culture to seem to "fit in." Although assimilating may benefit the individual, they should never forget true culture. To help reach success one should assimilate, because in perspective assimilation is unescapable People who disagree may argue that assimilation to help reach success is wrong, and individuals should be themselves. What the fail to understand is individuals who assimilate in certain situations can have the ability to maintain cultural ties where appropriate. In the argument

People who disagree may argue that fully assimilating is perfectly fine and will benefit the individual in effort to reach success. What they fail to understand is completely changing your true culture may lead to uncomfortable result. In the story "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan she was taught standard English in school which leads to the main stream culture idea. Although she was taught the Specific English, Amy managed to keep her "language of intimacy'' between her mother staying true to her culture. For example my mother being from Salvador and my father not, they have to manage to combine both worlds of their own cultures into one. These examples show how obstacles where assimilation occurred, but was not kept. Which is important because it gives us a completely new idea of assimilation. This is all important because valuing a true character over success is awfully important which leads to a true balance of both, assimilating in situations and managing true