Immigrant Cultural Integration

Sad but true. Some nationalities seem to be very against integration with local culture.

Cut him some slack. According to his comment he's 16. He's viewing it from a high school lens. Whether or not being an "American" 20-something year old requires you to do what was mentioned above, some of his points are interesting.Immigrants make choices constantly -- subconsciously or otherwise -- on how much to indulge in the local culture, and how much to stick to your familiar roots. Unfortunately, there can be strong feedback loops that develop quickly; one immigrant

There is a common culture in every country. It may have different components like regional, political and ethnic differences, but there is always a larger common culture.Your view suggests you think that people rigidly stick to whatever culture they're born into, but that's not the case. The longer people stay in a country the more the local culture seeps in. The children of immigrants typically adopt the local culture, even if it has a ethnic flavor.So there is a natural trend t

You represent what the problem with Americans tend to be. You assume that your culture and philosophy is the best, and then start to hate how all the locals hate you and blame it on their culture. Southern Europe and much of Asia has had inter-ethnic/inter-racial immigration for thousands of years and have developed their own ways of how ethnic groups live side by side and integrate/merge together.

Question, have you been an immigrant? Do you know any immigrants?When you immigrate into a country, all of a sudden all of your reflexes are wrong. Some are obviously wrong. Some are more subtle. It is overwhelming, and too much.While in retrospect it is easy to say that they should prioritize some things over others, in practice they tend to learn from experience after people respond badly, and those who are a little more used to the culture explain why they are wrong. And the experience

Interesting statistic. Though all three seem so homogeneous, and hence a bit hostile ("integrate into our culture, else..."). Again, I am not saying they are, just that they seem so. Stark difference to the US, with its melting-pot cities... :-)

The people, no. The cultures? I believe so. If you're taught your entire life that X is completely acceptable, and you arrive as an immigrant and don't want to adapt your beliefs/values to your new country's then it is a problem.Replace X with anything that you would find inappropriate in your current country - forced marriages, India's caste system, etc and I think you'll see what I mean.

It sounds like you have immigrated perfectly. I always assumed that by the next generation, people are basically locals if their parents immigrated well. You're an example that it also works well within one generation.But many european people who lean against open immigration policies will not make the rational distinction between you and someone who has not intergrated very well, and will instead judge you based on e.g. your skin color or your last name.I hope you don't have to

It is hard to quantify, but how migrant culture differs from native culture also matters. A lot of immigrants from turkey is still not fully integrated into german culture. How openminded immigrating people are plays a role, and that is alsp cultural. I personally see it as a duty to adopt to us culture, and i was ok with it when i came to us 8 years ago.

I am risking getting flagged to oblivion but I perceive that there are immigrants that integrate better than others.Asians and south Americans integrate well. Not just in USA, in Europe as well. My country accepted over 500k of Ukrainian refugees into population of just 10m. They integrate outstandingly.I am not one of the haters that would claim that immigrants are "ruining our culture" but I see issues. Example: the support Hamas gets in certain communities.I would be intere