~Inobe-Cultural Assimilation Mapping

Cultural Assimilation

•       Birth defect, says who? Stripping and denying one's culture (accepting people as they are) religion practice and way of life contrary to what’s considered the “the popular group.” (Research events)

•       The Atlantic Slave Trade and Native American relocation's and deaths

•       From an article example: Latina/os are no strangers to colonial thought and assimilation; their history is born out of it. When Christopher Columbus (Cristóbal Colón) and the Spanish first landed in the Caribbean islands in 1492, they misnamed the indigenous people Indios (Indians) and kidnapped seven local Taíno people in order to teach them Spanish. Then they attempted to convert all Indigenous peoples to the Christian faith under Catholicism.

•       From an article example: Columbus and his men initiated a long and complex colonial history of merging cultures in Latin America, which resulted in a number of diverse mestizo/mixed identities under the umbrella term of Latino. Today in the U.S. many people want Latina/os to throw off their rich heritage and assimilate to Anglo-American culture, almost as a prerequisite for gaining social acceptance and U.S. citizenship.

•       Modern-day slavery?-mass incarceration-& immigration detention centers (how and what caused this?)

•       From an article example: Today’s penal system in the U.S. also mirrors old-school colonization — where from the fifteenth through twentieth centuries European empires often used strong-arm conquistadores or military personnel to subdue their colonial subjects in other parts of the world (Asia, Africa, Latin America, etc.).

•       From an article example: Internal colonies in the U.S. today are also spaces where police target and brutalize young people of color. This is coupled with courts and legal systems that over-incarcerate Latina/os, Native Americans and African Americans at alarming rates.

•       A melting pot, at what cost? (Melting away one's history and true identity) Speech, hair, the body, social financial acceptance residuals of this effect.

•       American Indian Boarding Schools. From an article: “He sang about his experiences growing up: "You put me in your boarding school, made me learn your white man rule, be a fool." The federal government began sending American Indians to off-reservation boarding schools in the 1870s when the United States was still at war with Indians.

•       From an article: 1^st Generation College Students of color- Going to college as a first-generation student of color is more than just getting the money and applying for the right scholarships. It’s also about fitting in, trying to relate to your peers and constantly assimilating to a new culture.

•       From an article: Talking White-Black people’s disdain for “proper English” and academic achievement is a myth.

•       From an article: Wearing the mask-Three African Americans talk about their feelings on working in corporate jobs and staying true to themselves as Black people

•       Income disparity

•       From an article: Low-income people of color do not ghettoize themselves. Both historically and presently, certain institutions have funneled African Americans, Latina/os, and Native Americans into ghettos, barrios, and reservations. Who defines the ideal “American”?

•       Colorism- Bleaching and self-hate

•       Housing discrimination

•       No one likes to be told that their way of life is inferior to others because it makes them feel they are inadequate. Unfortunately, there are those who routinely uplift themselves by subordinating people of color, non-Christians, women, LGBTQ, and low-income peoples.

•       The US Federal Government, Exposed? Research and prove the government was involved in situations below

•       American Indian Boarding Schools

•       Relocation's of Native Americans

•       FBI killing off the black panthers and the entire movement

•       Government housing projects: example redlining housing in Chicago, GI bill after World War II people of color couldn’t get this perk hints projects and ghettos were born (urban planning of ghettos)

•       40 acres and a mule- Ex-salves were promised this but didn’t get it (so zero dollars to African-Americans for reparations)

•       Drugs in the urban neighborhoods? How? Who allowed it?

•       Federal sentencing in the 80’s in 90’s causing mass-incarceration of people of color.

•       The Laws what do they really mean?

•       13^th amendment

•       Federal sentencing for drugs in the 80’s and 90’

•       Being pulled over by police

•       housing 

     Immigration

Reason for the project From an article: Each one of us has the ability to teach others, even if it’s through social media or a simple conversation. If we do not define U.S. society in the 21st century as not simply tolerant of other people, but accepting, then we will remain what the nation was before the Declaration of Independence: a bunch of colonists.