Working on a more diverse and inclusive society

I have been in the United States for almost a year. Coming from a homogeneous society, I once concerned about myself being a ethnic minority. But the openness and inclusiveness of the American society really amazed me. I believe that is why it is such a place that keeps attacking people with different skin colors from all around the world. However, does it mean that I am assimilated to this culture? Does it mean that speaking the same language has made me lost my own cultural uniqueness? I don't think assimilation and diversity are conflict. Instead, both of them are the dynamics keep the society developing. 

Cultural assimilation is the process by which a person or a group's language or culture come to resemble those of another group. It has always been the trend that the strong and influential cultural assimilate small culture. Compared with the Western culture on the basis of industrialization, the Oriental cultural roots in agriculture. With the increasing globalization, what we can observe is the penetration of industrial culture.

However, in terms of ethnic minorities, will they fully integrate themselves into a new culture? There has been time when non-white immigration facing many difficulties integrating into the American society. It was easy for them to feel marginalized in life, employment, culture, and education. However, this pressure is not for one direction. The one hand, the ethnic minority felt depressed. On the other hand is the Whites also felt threatened, which could easily led to racial antagonism, thus destabilizing the society. 

Things got a lot better with the introduction of a series of equality act, especially the Civil Rights Act(1964). The society hopes to see all ethnic groups have greater initiative and power in the nation, which in turn is based on a common economic initiative as a key objective. Only in this way can we overcome the ideas and prejudices of individuals and groups. The cultural, racial equality and social diversity will be respected. 

With the efforts, there have been a lot of improvements in terms of the education, employment and overall social life of ethnic minorities or immigrants. Besides the diversity, culture assimilation becomes another very important theme nowadays. It does not refer to abandoning the original culture backgrounds of the ethnic minorities. It means to accept the values ​​of the mainstream of society, which is key to stabilize the country as a whole. This is the true intentions of the multicultural model. In believe that in the future, diversity will still growing in many ways, and it will be more diversity and inclusion of the society. 

Links:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeinschaft_and_Gesellschaft

http://sociology.about.com/od/G_Index/g/Gemeinschaft-Gesellschaft.htm