Immigration

[AP]

How does immigrating to a new country affect someone, especially their old culture

 

[Lizardbreath]

New culture to adapt to maybe? Change in language? More likely to move to a place with more jobs? Usually though it doesn't effect their old culture IMHO....unless religion comes into play.

 

[Ntrik_]

Guess I'm the prime example.

Look, I speak English now

 

[Vadriel]

3 generations, old culture is replaced by new culture.

Example:
1st Generation Mexican Immigrants: Speak only Spanish
2nd Generation Mexican Immigrants: Speak both Spanish and English, translate for 1st Gen.
3rd Generation Mexican Immigrants: Speak only English, get baffled when you ask them to translate.

 

[Ntrik_]

nah, most of the 2nd gens cant translate

1.5 gens (Not really 1st gens.. but not really a 2nd gens at the sametime..)... can probably translate better, but translation isnt as easy as you may think, its actually really hard (depends on the language I guess... for me its hard lol)

 

[Vadriel]

I'm just talking about the standard pattern for at least Hispanic immigrants. That system holds pretty true around here.

The original people come over speaking only Spanish, and make sure their kids learn it as a useful skill to thrive in America. The children grow up knowing both languages and translating back and forth with the people who were at the core just too old to be learning another language. Their children grow up surrounded by English and not much Spanish, to the point where they never really learn Spanish and find it as alien as the rest of us.

 

[Metal Gear Flash]

immigration is relative...relocation is more like it, thats how we get little china's little sweden's and little mexico's...actually, mexicans dont care much to stick together in ghettos... shit, they'll move anywhere

 

[N[U]TS]

mexicans dont care much to stick together in ghettos... shit, they'll move anywhere

True!

 

[Krovvy]

How does immigrating to a new country affect someone, especially their old culture

They should let their old culture go, and adopt the culture of their new country. They can keep some things of course, but it drives me insane to watch some immigrants, especially illegal, wave their flag and march around shouting pro-previouscountry slogans. If you want to immigrate, and become a citizen then you should respect the country you're in, become pro-newcountry and at the very least adopt it's flag.

It could change the person in many different ways, it's really hard to say.

 

[Tacitblade]

I think different people respond differently. Some people immediately go to find people from their home countries and form a community with them, sometimes resisting adopting new ways and cultures, leaving that for their children and future generations. Other people embrace their new country to varying degrees. I guess it depends on a lot of factors, like why they immigrated, who they immigrated with, and their lifestyle before and after.

My parents both immigrated to the US from different countries when they were in their twenties. They always say to each other "We're living in America now" when certain things happen. I don't understand it.

 

[Dragnskull]

3 generations, old culture is replaced by new culture.

Example:
1st Generation Mexican Immigrants: Speak only Spanish
2nd Generation Mexican Immigrants: Speak both Spanish and English, translate for 1st Gen.
3rd Generation Mexican Immigrants: Speak only English, get baffled when you ask them to translate.

this isnt always the case, but its a good rule of thumb, i know a ton of mexican immigrants and the likes being that i work in construction now [and my family is mexican so ~.~] and i have to admit, thats a pretty good sum up for about 50% of mexican immigrants

thing is, theres another half that ive noticed [ i use to believe immigrants didnt bother to learn things either] about half the firs gen immigrants learn at least BASIC english, its broken, but its understandable.

a good example is my friends parnter, Juan, who has since become a good friend of mine.
he was born in mexico, he was raised in mexico, and about 4-5 years ago he came to the US. He learned -perfect- english just about [sometimes he forgets a word and he still has a mexican accent, but thats expected]

i can have a conversation with him like he was born in america, though he wasnt.