For many immigrant families moving into the U.S the culture shock is significant. Families can easily be overwhelmed by their need to fit into their new surroundings. This is especially true for children in these families. It is easy for children to get caught up in the American way of life, and that can cause the original culture to be forgotten. That is why the adults in these families have to enforce their native culture on their children, so the adults can make sure that those customs are not forgotten. There are several benefits to parents forcing their way of life on their children. First, it helps make sure the original culture is not forgotten. In "Ethnic Trump" Gish decides to enroll her son Luke in Chinese Cultural School. She does …show more content…
Sophie and Martine both speak Creole and English. This was how Martine made sure Sophie never forgot her native language and how she was able to communicate so well with her aunt and grandma during her visit to Haiti. Bong was also able to enjoy his trip to Korea because he was able to speak the language. My mother was really proud of me when I finally graduated ESOL. However, even after I graduated my mother never stopped talking to me in Spanish. She did not want me to forget my first …show more content…
They feel that leaving their original culture behind will help these families learn the language faster and not feel like outsiders in their communities. However, most of these families meet those goals without not having to give up their original culture. The minute these families arrive in the U.S they are exposed to the American way of life, whenever they run errands or go to work they are learning the language and the laws. When the children go to school, they will learn these things as well. Every day they will learn something new. Families do not need to forget their original culture to become good
The author of “Hispanic Pride vs. American Assimilation,” Stephanie Cox, presents and explains Hispanic immigrants’ hesitancy to learn English very effectively. She begins by telling a personal story about meeting a Hispanic woman who wanted her son to learn English but refused to learn it herself. Cox was confused as to why the mother would refuse to learn English, so she did some research and found three possible causes of this situation: a pride in Hispanic peoples’ native countries--most specifically, Mexican-Americans, a close proximity to their native country, and the lack of support from other Hispanic Americans to assimilate to American culture and ideals. Cox’s explanation of the Hispanic reasonings aids in further understanding their situations.
I have seen people get offended when you assume they can speak the language of their people, because they grew up in America, “their people” speak English. Others get hurt when you do not make an effort to understand their culture. We have to be mindful of this. The author mentions Jewish and Chinese private schools in the US (p. 155). It is possible that rather than having a nation where everyone eventually integrates, that we instead will have a nation where everyone wants to hold on to their heritage.
Like Yolanda, thousands of new immigrants in any country, America especially, feel when they come to their new country. They want to hold on to both set of morals, keep their old culture and explore their new, but there are so many obstacles they find holding them back, such as lack of knowledge, feeling slow or behind others, or even losing memory of traditions and
Fortunately, her mother assures her that she does not have to choose but embrace both cultures. Maisami essay resonates with many immigrants that family that have moved to America but they are the first to be born in America and lack a bond due to cultural
As a diverse country that the United States is, many of the new generations are becoming mixtures of different countries. There is always a great deal taking place when immigrants migrate to another country especially in the United States since it is a melting pot. When first arriving to a new country, the immigrants tend to still follow their tradition because they still want to be a perfect representation of their origin country; in this case it would be Dominican from the book “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents”. Although, they are now living in a new country where “change” plays a huge role in their lives. The Garcia family are open to change because they want to form part in the U.S. since Dominican Republic is going through major
Parents domesticate their children into their cultural tritions. These practices are handed down from generations before. The cycle can go on forever. In the article, ‘Nothing matters more’ welcome to Alabama where college football is religion, if religion were really, really loud, by Arash Madani the author states “In line, walking in a father looked at his son, both of them draped in crimson red, and told him “Boy, nothing matters more than this.” Boys look up to their fathers as role models, especially when they are young.
Sadly, over the years, many different types of cultures and traditions are lost among families, and some present-day cultures living within the states no longer remember their cultural heritages. One such example is our family friend. Our friend 's parents happened to be German descendants. In order to assimilate and get into the American mainstream, they refused to talk in their own language and did not teach their children German. This forced possibly thousands of years worth of German tradition and ancestry down the drain.
Families serve as children's principal settings for cultural and racial transmission, serving as their primary crucible for socialization, “What it all comes down to is that the family is the unit of cultural preservation. This is true for all families, but for immigrants, it is particularly bittersweet; to do one thing means something else is excluded” (Lee). Lee says that she felt lost at times for not knowing about her family's history before migrating to the United States, "Because our parents never spoke about Korea, we felt as if we’d landed in the middle of the Iron Range of Minnesota via spaceship" (Lee), and for not practicing the culture of their country of origin, “They (author’s parents) insisted that we were not Koreans or even Korean-Americans, but Americans”
Even if an immigrant successfully overcomes all political obstacles and makes it to a new country, the change in culture waiting on the other side can prove an even bigger hurdle. In “Always Living in Spanish,” author and professor, Marjorie Agosín recounts her own struggle to balance old and new culture after being forced from her home country of Chile. Agosín explains to Americans why immigrants want to hold
Being born and raised in a culture and then uprooting your life to pursue opportunities in a different culture can be hard in three ways. First, speaking a foreign language and then coming to America where majority of the people speak English can be difficult to adapt to. When a person has grown accustomed to speaking their native language, it can be problematic to have to pick up an entire new language. Possibilities can be limited because of the restrictions on one’s ability to communicate with other. Second, if a teenager comes to America from a foreign country they will have to take on responsibilities that they normally would not.
First, recently arrived students from Asian countries have received education at various levels in their home country, depending on the age when they arrived to the United States. Also, their previous educational background would be very different from those born in the U.S.A, and the cultural experiences would be critical for new immigrants, while U.S.-born Asian Americans may face challenges learning their new language and interaction with a completely new
For many new immigrants coming to America, it is difficult to adjust into the new society. Many come to America without the basic knowledge of English, the new immigrants do not have the ability assimilate to American society because of the lack of possible communication between the immigrant and an native. Non-English speaking immigrants that come to America face harsh challenges when trying to assimilate to U.S. society because immigrants are often segregated into ethnic communities away from natives, Americans do not know basics of words of other well known languages, and the lack of government funding education programs. Assimilation into a new society is difficult enough, but when the society pushes any new immigrants to separate part
People left their countries to move to America for many reasons. Starvation, religious persecution, and political persecution. They came to America, because America had jobs, some of their family was already in America, and America is the land of hopes and dreams. Both the free enterprise system, and immigration helped form America as we know it today, and were both part of the industrial revolution. Have you ever thought about what it is like to be an immigrant?
Have you ever wondered what it was like twenty or thirty years ago? What people did in order to get by the day or how daily chores were done back then? People around the world have many different ways of doing and getting things done that we may see strange and possibly feel uncomfortable if we were asked to do them. Now, those daily duties or habits that were once done in many different ways are cultures that are sometimes passed down by our ancestors ,grandparents, or great grandparents and so on. For example, in Mexico there are many cultures that we Hispanics gain from our parents that they inherit from their parent.
An immigrant family wants the best for everyone lives, however moving to a new country brings struggles. There struggles include finding a home, a good paying job, avoiding to be deported, being separated ,and continuing their education. Immigrants expect a better life because their old home and country did have much benefits as the new country gives them. The advantage of an immigrant family is family values which tends them to be closer. Disadvantages of an immigrant family are the struggles that were first mentioned and including that they face other people calling them a threat.