Theodore Roosevelt’s view on immigrants and their
Americanization was very intriguing. His belief was that if one truly wants to become an American, one
needs to let go of his previous heritage in order to attain a new one. “He must
revere only our flag; not only must it come first, but no other flag should
even come second.” As an immigrant, I belive that in order to become an
American, I eventually would either forget or give up my heritage as a Korean. I believe that being
American is not necessarily about maintaining your heritage, but learning to
welcome those who are from a different culture and being able to live in
harmony without discrimination. Rigth now, I still have a strong sense of
nationalism as a Korean, but I know that eventually as time passes, I would
eventually lose the sense of Korean nationalism and begin to gain the sense of
nationalism as an American. As I go into a workforce and have a family, I think
I would be too busy to keep up with my Korean cultures or traditions.
For an example, when slaves was brought from overseas to America.They each had a unique heritage, but from the video that we saw in class that many African American does not know where their ancestors were originally from. As generation passes by, people eventually forgets about their own culture and began to associate themselves as an American. What do you guys think?
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