Come One, Come All, Some Run, Some Crawl

There are extremely rare qualities that help certain immigrants adapt to a wildly stereotypical nation, such as the United States. But assimilation gets my vote as the most important concept in social science. Certain individuals find it easy to assimilate and become acclimated to their surroundings, whereas others are extremely shy and sad for no good reason at all. Assimilation is an example of giving up your Free Will, an act that lowers your guard, leaving yourself completely exposed and vulnerable. At times, it appears as though the immigrant is afraid to practice their true religion or act on their Real thoughts. If they did, of course, they would be committing ethnic pluralism to the highest degree, and that, my friend, has become the Hot Topic in the news nowadays. Ethnic pluralism demonstrates pride in your own culture, while respecting the traditions and Gatherings of the host country. These people practice their true religion, regardless of society's view on the matter, and I respect that - even though I am a skeptical Atheist. This is our world today, for good or ill. Why can't everyone get along or at least show some decency for the human race? It boggles my mind. While assimilation decreases the diversity in a nation, ethnic pluralism facilitates the process of generating a Culturally Wealthy Nation, as my father used to say. However, transnationalism is extremely common, and it simply refers to any process of social interaction beyond national borders. Listen to this statistic, $300 billion remitted annually by worldwide immigrants. These monetary gains are typically sent back to the immigrants' home country to help their family purchase food, water, or what have you. This is huge. The global technological advances that have occurred over the past 10 years are tremendous, to say the least. They allow people from all over the world to communicate via media apparel such as cellular phone, internet, and the like. But above all, I must say that I enjoy learning about and prefer the Ethnic Pluralism method of transitioning into a more preferred nation such as the United States or even Canada. The vast amount of culture is good for your soul and don't let anyone from the Dark Side tell you any different, soldier. I know, I am an Atheist, but I do truly respect religion. Not so much the content, but I admire the gorilla-like strength of the author's vocabulary. Most biblical texts consist of near-perfect poetry. And I enjoy seeing the drive and passion that religion instills in someone's soul, whether the words and practices are true or not. So let's skip the political gibberish and speed straight to the heart of this thing. People should be more accepting of immigrants and attempt to become culturally aware. Most people are good people. Give them a chance. Mahalo.


April 4, 2011
TDR