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HTColeman
A while ago there was a debate on whether immigrants should learn English (please don't bring that up, that is not what this is about). Many were saying that people should become a part of the 'culture'.
I thought that the 'culture' was really a lack of American 'culture'. I would hate for everyone to blend in to a collective culture and create the American culture, i.e. assimilation. Pluralism, respecting yet retaining different cultures, is much more desirable. Both have their problems, pluralism requires acceptance of diversity which is not common among humans, assimilation usually ends up everyone conforming to the dominant majority. What do other people think?
I thought that the 'culture' was really a lack of American 'culture'. I would hate for everyone to blend in to a collective culture and create the American culture, i.e. assimilation. Pluralism, respecting yet retaining different cultures, is much more desirable. Both have their problems, pluralism requires acceptance of diversity which is not common among humans, assimilation usually ends up everyone conforming to the dominant majority. What do other people think?