Immigration and the challenge of identity
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Immigration is a fact of life in our globalized world. But how can newcomers maintain their cultural identities in an era of Trump and Brexit?
By Tania Bagan
Can immigrants maintain their identities and traditions in their new homes? Or should they assimilate fully to ensure peaceful co-existence with their hosts, speaking only the local language and abiding by local customs?
These questions have taken on new importance as large numbers of immigrants – drawn to economic opportunities or driven from their homes by conflict and human rights abuses – ebb and flow across the globe, stirring resentment and a nationalist backlash in some countries.
Four university students, including three living in countries far from their birthplaces, addressed immigration, assimilation and identity in a recent News-Decoder webinar.
Arjun Balasundarum, from India, and Christine Fernando, whose parents were born in Sri Lanka, spoke from Indiana University, while Kit Keene, an American studying in London,...
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