Ethnic Minorities and the Preservation of Culture in the U.S.

In the current American cultural landscape, many ethnic minorities feel that they are losing some kind of culture and feel that it is difficult to give up their mother tongue to speak English. But they do not lose some of their culture by incorporating English into their lives and know that they are acquiring new identities for themselves and their culture You should do. The most common reason the minorities are afraid of giving up their language is that they are afraid of losing some of their inheritance and identity.

In the 20th century, America has transformed from white people centered on Western culture to societies rich in ethnic groups and ethnic minorities. At the beginning of the century, the Caucasian population of the United States accounted for 87%. The non-white ethnic minority is mainly composed of black people living in the southern rural areas. At the end of the century, non-Hispanic whites accounted for less than 75% of the US population. For ethnic minorities, the number of Hispanics, the number of Asians roughly roughly equal to that of Negro, contains a small but growing number of American Indians population. By the middle of the 21st century, non-Hispanic Americans will be the majority of small and faded Americans. Hispanics will account for nearly a quarter of the US population. Blacks, Asians, American Indians account for about a quarter of the population. "Minorities" may have very different meanings in the 21st century.

It is important not to confuse the word of minority with ethnic groups. Ethnic groups may be minority or a majority of groups, which has nothing to do with "who is first here". Whether the group is minority or majority is not an absolute fact, but it is a member from the group's point of view, or a member not in the group. For example, in some towns and cities in the southern border states of the United States, Mexican Americans occupy the majority of the population and have been doing this since the 17th century, but still the most important social and political institutions It controls. As a minority. The American Indians were thought to be ethnic minorities long before anyone else. Some ethnic groups and nationality are culturally more homogeneous than other ethnic groups and therefore include a minority minority. Sweden and Korea are two possible examples