the Need to be the Same

The need to be the same is a common feeling most people have. To change what you do, how you act, and sometimes, even how you look, to fit in with the majority race, is assimilation. Usually assimilation applies to someone who acts "white". Depending on the region of America you are in though, the race or culture that is the majority, might vary. For example in the north the majority of people are white, but along the border states you have a big population of latinos. Either way, if someone is trying to fit in by being like the majority race, then it is assimilation. Assimilation is actually shown in A Raisin In the Sun. Walter states a few times how he would rather be a white man. He comments how white people  have it so much better than them, and how white people are rich. It seems like Walter wants to be white so his family would have a better life. Assimilation is every where. I have even see one of my white friends be called an "honorary Mexican", even though the people who were commenting were not fully Mexican themselves.  Because we live in San Antonio, the majority is hispanics or latinos. Most people try to be more "Mexican", but what do you expect to happen when old ladies you don't even know yell at you because you don't speak spanish?! Just because we live in an area with a high hispanic population, it is expected for people to be more hispanic even if you are not. That's why when you go to the Market square, the majority of people you see are White tourists. Yes I will admit I have assimilated. I have tried hard, and I am still not anywhere close to knowing how to speak spanish. I want to learn how to speak spanish a) so random old ladies won't yell at me, b) so when people asume I speak spanish I actually can, and c) most of my friends can speak spanish. I do try to fit in, but I don't do it so much to where I become somebody I'm not.