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Originally Posted by chuck7251
The number of people should not matter, as each individual should make the honest effort to mesh with the society they are infiltrating.
Why shouldn't we be intolerant? Those who are not making the effort to assimilate, are being divisive.
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How long exactly do you think it takes to assimilate? If you're a 35 year old man who comes here and works let's say as a truck driver, or a cab driver, having little interaction with others that speak the language, do you think you'll learn English soon? Perhaps in your lifetime? A colleague of mine was of Italian decent, her grandparents came over on a boat to Ellis Island, and only spoke Italian to their dying day. They did not pass along their language to their American children (it's virtually impossible, I know from experience), and little is left of their customs. Obviously,
with time they all assimilated. Jeez,
