U.S. culture has also been shaped by the cultures of Native Americans, Latin American, Africans and Asians. The United States is sometimes described as a "melting pot". In “‘Blaxiacan’ and Other Reinvented Americans”, Richard Rodriguez claims when different culture value and beliefs clash, the effect of culture assimilation involved people’s daily life. Although different groups of immigrants integrate in different ways culturally, assimilation has not meant repudiating immigrant culture because culture also has been always flexible and accommodating.
Assimilation involved the intermingling of diverse ethnicities and cultures into a single national. Richard Rodriguez claims, “Culture is fluid. Culture is smoke. You breathe it. You eat it.” In other words, we are unconscious when we are impacted multicultural. In American, when you walk in the street, you will see people come from various countries with different
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American culture has started to evolve and accept the concept of diversity. I totally agree with Richard Rodriguez’s opinion. Mixtures of culture have happened in every piece of our life. More and more people tend to understand multicultural, not race and ethnicity. In my opinion, it is expected that the minority may want to be assimilated with the dominant group. For new immigrants, assimilation means better opportunities and a better life in The Unite State, because you have to adapt and accept American culture if you want to be successful in this land. More than the better life, it also means acceptance. However, assimilating a new culture often has unexpected results. It often results in discarding the old culture in favor of a new culture. When an individual discards his old culture, this often turn out that loss of self-identify and self-esteem. The adjustment could be difficult not only for the adults but even for the young children who may be confused as to who or what they really