Immigrants Conflict In Assimilation
Immigrants’ conflict in assimilation
Introduction
Immigrants in the United States encounter many obstacles and conflicts while they struggle to absorb the new society from old culture. They struggle in two different languages, two different cultures, and two different people parts of the world. For some immigrants, it is easy to make an assimilation of new society. However, for some immigrants, it is difficult to assimilate to the new society because they already used to with their traditional home culture. The traditional home culture such as food, custom, values, norms are difficult to get rid of for some immigrants which make them difficult to live in the new society.
First Generation Immigrants
As first immigrants’ generation, parents usually struggle with absorbing new languages, finding jobs and better life for families in the new society. Many first immigrants’ parents are busy in their new society; they have lack of time and communicate with their children. Some immigrants’ parents do not have time to teach their own traditional culture to their children. In back home country, children learn their own traditional culture from their families members, relatives, own community and society. In the new society, parents are always busy with their financial needs, working three or four jobs. “The children’s development of an identify …show more content…
They have some traditional home cultures but more assimilate to the new culture. Their life style is mixed with old culture and new culture. The process of assimilation may conflict for them because they need to readjust, redefine, and reform their identities in the new culture. In the article “Vietnamese Youth No Longer Look Homeward” Nancy Wride mentioned that “My parents don’t speak much about the war. My dad did serve a year in a re-education … we suffered, it is past now and we move on.” (Wride, 1994, p
Introduction
Immigrants in the United States encounter many obstacles and conflicts while they struggle to absorb the new society from old culture. They struggle in two different languages, two different cultures, and two different people parts of the world. For some immigrants, it is easy to make an assimilation of new society. However, for some immigrants, it is difficult to assimilate to the new society because they already used to with their traditional home culture. The traditional home culture such as food, custom, values, norms are difficult to get rid of for some immigrants which make them difficult to live in the new society.
First Generation Immigrants
As first immigrants’ generation, parents usually struggle with absorbing new languages, finding jobs and better life for families in the new society. Many first immigrants’ parents are busy in their new society; they have lack of time and communicate with their children. Some immigrants’ parents do not have time to teach their own traditional culture to their children. In back home country, children learn their own traditional culture from their families members, relatives, own community and society. In the new society, parents are always busy with their financial needs, working three or four jobs. “The children’s development of an identify …show more content…
They have some traditional home cultures but more assimilate to the new culture. Their life style is mixed with old culture and new culture. The process of assimilation may conflict for them because they need to readjust, redefine, and reform their identities in the new culture. In the article “Vietnamese Youth No Longer Look Homeward” Nancy Wride mentioned that “My parents don’t speak much about the war. My dad did serve a year in a re-education … we suffered, it is past now and we move on.” (Wride, 1994, p