ASSIMILATING: Adapting to our surroundings

Tackling the subject of black people assimilating.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• ForChangeMovement
• Black
• African
• American
• Assimilate
• White

[rafael28]

latin invasion

somehow im not offended, lol

[ForChangeMovement]

LOL... Well if you must know.. I am half Puerto Rican. I didnt mean it to be offensive...

[NativeDialect]

Assimilation into the idea of being American, means to abandon all that you are. Why should a person have to be named Todd or Stacy? Why can't they be Ali Asheed or Xuan Li? Why must we all dress the way the white population does? Why must we speak exactly as they do? Assimilation isn't about taking part in the dominant culture. Assimilation is about abandoning all you are, in favor of being like them. Their names, their interests.

[LIBERATIONUNIT]

he preached assimulation to the idea of standing against oppresion. strenghtening of the black people. he simply had a better idea than fighting with violence. using your brain works better.

i am 305636

[earth817]

What you believe it to be and how it is played out in Amerikka are two different things. You are right we must adapt to survive but in America asimilation means to discard your own and except this. Your caught in between text book definitions and reality. And there is alot more to being P.Rican than just being spanish, read about the natives who were there before europeans( spanish is a european language, spain is in europe) and see what assimilation did to them.

[earth817]

You are not just adapting you have shit talked every aspect of black culture while uplifting the euro-centric doctrine.Oh by the way I am college educated but I do have knowledge of self. Oh and research those who you wish to assimilate with, and you will notice they are not that great.

[earth817]

I agree, this brother is lost, western education will fuck you up without knowledge of self.

[brothermoon]

Intelligent and thoughful - great job, man. Multiculturalism and identity politics push segregation even further by encouraging composition of groups by race, class, gender, sexual orientation, etc.

Assimilation doesn't mean that immigrants reject and discontinue the traditions and cultural ideas of their country of origin. The correct interpretation is the embrace of the language of the country they've immigrated to and the BLENDING of that culture into their lives. Adaptation is a good thing.

[SylviaNCali]

Smart people learn how to adapt to their environment. It's OK for us to want to hold on to our own culture, but it is true if we live in America or are Americans, we should try to appreciate the good in it and celebrate that.

[DeeJana]

oh what you cooking?

[DeeJana]

Chi, thanks for another great vid.I can definitely say that i know what you are talking about because i have experienced that kind of change.Growing up in a different country with different way of living, different rules, language etc. made my life in Germany not so easy until the day when i decided to adapt. Today im something like germanized...LOL

I travel a lot and even when i do that i like to adapt. i dont like to be seen as a dumb tourist.

CHAMELEON style ;-)

CHAMELEON

[eyesonly654]

I know black women with long loose curls who have them naturally, but if we continue to look at this as a black/white issue we're never going to find an answer to this "problem." I believe it should be looked upon as an individual struggle to adapt to societial norms. Michael Jacksno is the way he is because he could possibly have an identity issue, not necessarily a racial identity issue.

[eyesonly654]

tolerance is hard to find in a world where people continualy separate themselves through the belief that they are supposed to.

[VampiressOnDaProwl]

thanks CHI and thanks J. this is right on.

i agree with CHI.

you're not a "sell out" by assimilating in general.

there are ways to "sell out". and you'll recognize those when they present themselves in life. like a fork in the road, which path you take. which is ethical? which require too much sacrifice what you hold dear, surrender too much identity, to assimilate. choices that shape who you become.

it's not who you were or who you are now, that matter.

but who you're always becoming.