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I'm curious if you thinks immigrants and refugees should be allowed to keep their cultures as long they learns the new language, gets a job and don't break the law, or if they have to follow the exact same culture and way of living like the natives. With culture I means religion, celebrations, clothing, food, music, other arts, values etc.

I and another GAGer had an interesting discussion about it and I wanted to continue on the discussing letting other GAGers join it.

My opinion:
I thinks it's fine they've their own culture as long it's not hurting anybody. I admits I'm critical to some of these cultures immigrants/refugees have and especially the conservative, religious ones. But I thinks my country shouldn't prohibit them believing in their gods, celebrate their things etc. I thinks I and many other citizen in my country should rather works on our selves and our prejudices. But I thinks some conservative opinions they've like anti-LGBT and anti-women's rights should be questioned. If they aren't abusive or breaks the law, but rather learning the language, getting a job and finds a way to live together with us natives, I thinks it's fine. It's not my business if they eats different types of food, wear different clothing and goes to their own religious buildings.
#Culture #Immigrants #KeepOrNot
1) South-Asian people.
2) Western people.

I know English, French and Russian. I'm learning German and Ukrainian.
I like trying new things and so I'd like to start learning another language, to slowly build a base for it. Obviously my focus is still on German and Ukrainian.

I will admit that as Puerto Rican guy, I once experienced racial and ethnic hostility in Arizona (I was born in PR and grew up there, then moved to Arizona with my fiancé) by some Non-Latino white guy who got annoyed of me and my fiancé speaking Spanish to each other at a nearby restaurant, telling us how we "stupid illegal b3aners or sp*cs" should go back to Mexico if we won't bother learning the English language or that we should stop "taking" American jobs).

I had to go enlighten that idiot that one, me and my fiancé are Puerto Rican and that we are automatically granted US Citizenship because PR is a US territory, and two, even if me and my fiancé are Mexicans, that doesn't mean he should go racially profile and harass people or just automatically assume someone is an illegal Mexican immigrant just because we can speak Spanish and we "look" like Mexicans because of our skin complexion and overall physical appearance.

Anyways, have you ever experienced racism and ethnic hostility yourself?