Culture – the way of life of a group of people passed down from one generation to the next through learning
Enculturation – learning our native culture(s) in childhood
Acculturation – adapting to another culture
Culture shock – the stress associated with acculturation

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Immigration/acculturation

Here's another article that I've been meaning to post for a while... And what a great argument for legalizing undocumented migrants: their very lack of legal status is the only thing preventing them from assimilating and becoming exactly the type of Americans the Lou Dobbses decry them for not being. So simple, and yet so brilliant.
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