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Assimilation Essay

Ben Huynh

January 26, 2003

Literature of Minority

Prof: Levi



Americanization and assimilation are not uncommon to many of the immigrants in the US. The conflict between the immigrants with the dominant, mostly, or with the older of American generation, is not only happen during the third teen Colonies, but also until today. People migrated to the USA from all over the world, with different culture background, language, and physical. All these differences in the new comers and the “already there” are often caused conflicts. These conflicts are often resolved into harmony ways, and they are assimilation, integration, and segregation. The people are still treating the new comers unfairly and more often push them in segregation. For example, Native American is pushed to live in the most isolated area and this matter has cause a hardship in their living.
In the movie shown in class, the main theme is about the conflicting between the traditional and the moderni...

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