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Similarities Between Immigrants And The Spread Of Italian Culture

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Immigrants have played a fundamental role in history for the cultural development of many countries. Words like “Globalization” have been coined because of the spread of different cultures throughout the world. However, how does a country have to behave when it faces people having different cultures? Which equilibrium has to be established between the two?

Most of the time, living in a country that works in a completely different way from the native one is an important challenge. Italy has been facing an epic immigration flow inadequately in terms of culture and legality. In a scenario like this, it is wise to consider the extremely huge cultural and religious diversity between the immigrants and the Italian citizens. Indeed, moving from a country practicing a different religion, or having the same state laws applying as the local religions, and settle in another country working differently, it can be a culture shock, which may lead people to have a negative impression of these different cultures. Furthermore, part of the people migrating to Italy comes from countries where there is no religious freedom; consequently, they often do not understand our values such as democracy, freedom of expression, and liberty. …show more content…

In fact, in order to obtain the appropriate equilibrium between the foreign culture and the country laws, every foreign should have the right to follow his culture and religion within the limits imposed by the constitution. Only in this way there can be a mutual sense of living together in a community between the locals and the immigrants. Moreover, immigrants can enrich a country’s cultural diversity as well as absorbing the dominant culture, and can contribute to the economy of the area they are living in through working legally, purchasing housing, and supporting local

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