Immigration is a great thing, but I think assimilation should be heavily encouraged to promote social cohesion. Stuff like resources for language learning and the host country’s way of doing things should be pushed more aggressively. I just cringe when my dad who’s been here 16 years barely knows english and doesnt bother to learn, and then mom is still doing the idiosyncracies of their culture. (dad is still on greencard, never got citizenship cuz the engrish issue)
But thankfully the 2nd and 3rd generations tend to do great (I’m 1.5 gen), but this basically breaks a family that’s caught between the immigration-generation divide. Like there’a just this whole entire world of me they would never understand.
(This comment isnt meant as a “trashtalking” my parents, its just that I can feel the “crack” in my family of origin)
Immigration is a great thing, but I think assimilation should be heavily encouraged to promote social cohesion. Stuff like resources for language learning and the host country’s way of doing things should be pushed more aggressively. I just cringe when my dad who’s been here 16 years barely knows english and doesnt bother to learn, and then mom is still doing the idiosyncracies of their culture. (dad is still on greencard, never got citizenship cuz the engrish issue)
But thankfully the 2nd and 3rd generations tend to do great (I’m 1.5 gen), but this basically breaks a family that’s caught between the immigration-generation divide. Like there’a just this whole entire world of me they would never understand.
(This comment isnt meant as a “trashtalking” my parents, its just that I can feel the “crack” in my family of origin)