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I'm a child of immigrants 'refusing to assimilate', in that I am teaching my kid the language of my parents, which is not the language of my country. We have bo
by kaitai 8y ago
I'm a child of immigrants 'refusing to assimilate', in that I am teaching my kid the language of my parents, which is not the language of my country. We have books & videos in this language and go to a Saturday school for the language that teaches about ethnic traditions.
I get nothing but praise for this, even from the people who grouch about "refusing to assimilate", even from people grouching about "refusing to assimilate" while eating hummus on tortilla chips.
In my experience, it's because I'm white. Like Trump's "good immigrants" from Norway.
- tomp 8y agoNo, that's not what I meant. Most cultural diversity is good, amazing even. I refuse to accept the concept of "cultural appropriation" (e.g. a non-Arab eating or making hummus), and replace it by "cultural appreciation" instead. I wish there's more mixing of cultures, languages, clothing styles, cuisines (fusion is the best!), worldviews, etc. The problem is when cultures disagree on the fundamental principles that run society. For example, Western civilisation (according to current mainstream views, which are not necessarily correct or sustainable) clashes mainly on freedom of speech (with Islam), rule of law (with China and other totalitarian cultures), rights of women & minorities (with Islam and Orthodox Judaism), sex (with Islam & Christianity), marriage (with Christianity & Islam) etc. I don't really see a solution except for one side to give up their principles, and I sincerely hope it's not the Western Civ (except when it comes to marriage, I'm very live and let live so I see nothing wrong with polygamy)!