Essays on Biculturalism

Abstract

The following examines Mexican American and African-American cultures and the ways that these two cultures interact the dominant white culture in the United States. While on the surface these two cultures might seem to have much in common (given that they are frequently discriminated against minorities in the United States), in point of fact they are very different in the ways that they assimilate into American culture. Anthropologists and sociologists have traditionally used words like “integration” and “acculturation” to describe the process in which immigrant cultures ultimately blend in to (and accommodate themselves to) the dominant culture of the ...

The major theme that shows up in the story is that of biculturalism and the fact that Tayo feels as though he is caught between two societies’. While he has grown up on the reservation surrounded by Native American culture. He does not feel as though he truly belongs because of his white ancestry. This is compounded due to the violent and negative history between the white man and the Native American, whose way of life and land was destroyed by the white mans greed and sense of entitlement. In biculturalism a person is stuck between the dominant culture ...

Multiculturalism in Canada is the creating of a sense whereby people from diverse races, religions and cultural background appreciate and celebrate their diversities. This concept of multiculturalism came into being in 1960 to counter Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism’s biculturalism policy. Multiculturalism aims at creating a feeling of equality amongst the different ethnic, cultural and racial groups in Canada. Apart from being officially implemented as a policy by the Canadian federal government in the year 1971, multiculturalism was enhanced by subsequent policy adoptions by various provinces in Canada. Since 19th century, Canada has seen several immigration regimes ...