Assimilate.

What does it mean to Assimilate?, well dictionary says that it is " To Absorb and integrate into a wider society or culture" to me it means to fit or change yourself to something you aren't, for example (don't take it as an offence) if you are born into a white family, but your try to act Mexican. In the play A Raisin in the Sun, the main person that worries about assimilation is Beneatha, even though she is born black she acts like a white woman. This can be a strength because it shows that the character Beneatha is willing to do what ever it takes to become a doctor but then again it can also be a weakness because it shows that Beneatha doesn't like to be black and she is trying to be something that she isn't. Also in the "Notes of a Native Speak" by Eric Liu, Liu tries to act something that he isn't. He is born into a Chinese family, but after migrating to America he begins to notice how differently people act here than over there China. He starts acting like white person and he ends up calling him self a "banana" then he goes on and tells how he ended up having this nickname; but this just doesn't happen in books or stories it is also happening around us. You all know that one white kid that tries to act black or vice versa. They act differently, they also talk differently. The stereotypical thing for a white person is to be well educated but this kid, whomever he may be, doesn't act that way. Why do they do it? well i don't know, maybe they just feel like that or maybe they just want to fit it. What ever the case may be i personally don't think they should do it. Just be yourself don't act like something your not because of peer pressure. I'm born into a Mexican family, but you would not see me act like Chinese person or may be a white person because I am who I am and I am not going to pretend something I am not.