Geneologist disproves immigration assimilation myth

Geneologist Jennifer Mendelsohn disproved a common myth about immigrants refusing to assimilate into American Society. After a sad debate between immigrant basher barbie Tomi Lauren and Fox host John Kelly, Jennifer Mendelsohn researched Ms Lauren’s ancestors and found that they, too, didn’t speak english after immigrating to the US. While this won’t stop Tomi Lauren from bashing immigrants, it does prove that assimilation is not an instant gratification subject.

This generational process is actually very common with immigrants. The first generation usually sticks with their native tongue because learning a new language, especially one as complicated as English, can be daunting and if you do it poorly you can feel you are seen by others as either stupid, lazy or foolish. It is not easy to move to a foreign country. Why would anyone want to risk ridicule in their new home? An easy strategy is to be quiet, keep your head down and don’t make any problems.

When these first generation immigrants have children, the kids go to school and learn english like everyone else. They also speak their native tongue to communicate with their family members at home.

When these children have children, they mainly speak english at home and rarely take the time or effort to learn their old native tongue. The family is now so assimilated that their former nationality is almost forgotten, save for their older relatives and perhaps the pride they carry coming from a rich and beautiful country. This scenario has been playing out over and over again for hundreds of years in just about every country around the world.

Whenever someone talks badly about integration or assimilation, they are really just making an argument about immigrants without really knowing the facts.  Most myths about immigrants or even about foreign cultures are blind ignorant gossip used for no other purpose than to keep the races or cultures separate.

Now who wants a country full of thousands of small communities who don’t communicate with each other, mistrust each other and blame each other for their problems? Sounds like a pretty crummy way to live if you ask me.

It is much better to let everyone assimilate into the country at their own pace, bringing with them the rich traditions, foods, fashions and cultures that make this world so interesting and flavorful, thereby enriching our country to the n-th degree. Where else on earth can you travel the world without leaving the country? For many of us, this will be as close as we get to world travel. We should be grateful.