Race, culture and assimilation

[Benton]

(06-13-2016, 03:23 PM)masterpanthera_t Wrote: I would simply want a society where no one "group" dominates and forces their beliefs/customs on others either explicitly or implicitly, either through laws that infringe on anyone's right to their beliefs and lifestyles (unless the beliefs or lifestyle interferes with another's rights or lifestyle).  The rest I leave to some combination of "common" sense and respect.  So if a foreigner of a different culture wants to keep his cultural identity and beliefs I'm ok with that as long as my rights are not infringed upon and as long as the foreigner is not following different laws or given the ability to follow different laws than the rest of Americans are.  I also wouldn't expect the foreigners to "change" unless of course not "changing" means another person's rights are infringed upon.

I think most people agree with you. They just get caught up in the hyperbole of a few with things like "assimilate or go home."