RE: East Asians don't integrate into Western culture
March 16, 2018 at 4:00 pm
(This post was last modified: March 16, 2018 at 4:04 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Ah...so, a first gen migrant? Your insistence on speaking the language of the place is more understandable in that context. You have to integrate, it's a compelling goal for you. A second gen is integrated by fiat of birth and might have more difficulty finding ways to express and retain their cultural heritage than in being sufficiently integrated. For them...having the opportunity to speak a language they only knew from their parents with someone other than their parents is compelling.
Mostly though, that's just diaspora, isn't it...people cling to the little bits of some home? "Western culture" contains this as well..ofc..so it;s not like they;re doing anything differently, theres just a different focus of nostalgia. Why -would- an east asian immigrant daydream about shamrocks and vikings..anyway, right? Why wouldn't they speak their language the same way I speak my dialect?
Mostly though, that's just diaspora, isn't it...people cling to the little bits of some home? "Western culture" contains this as well..ofc..so it;s not like they;re doing anything differently, theres just a different focus of nostalgia. Why -would- an east asian immigrant daydream about shamrocks and vikings..anyway, right? Why wouldn't they speak their language the same way I speak my dialect?
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