Should Existing Cultures Also Assimilate? In yesterday’s edition, I discussed the issue of English as a requirement for an assimilated immigrant. In the previous chapter, we discussed that it is the citizens who have shown that they do not want immigrants to be required to speak English in order to assimilate. The narrative by the […]

What Is the Dominant Culture? Before we can address the question of assimilation, we must first identify the dominant culture that will be assimilating the minority cultures. The general perception is that the Anglo-Saxon Protestant culture, or the WASPS, is the dominant culture of the United States. More specifically, the Anglo-Saxons created this narrative, that […]

A Whitepaper Asking the Question – Should Mexicans be Expected to Assimilate? The one consistent argument I always hear about the immigration debate, is that immigrants should assimilate. Unfortunately, like everything else having to do with immigration, the assimilation of immigrants is a complex problem because it involves many dynamics. Cultural assimilation is the fusion, […]