A Research of the Economical and Social Benefits from Assimilation in the white culture

     In society, people of color are always shamed into hiding who they really are because of white 

social standards in America. Having to always fit the standards of Americans and never being 

accepted for who they truly are and their cultural difference. The process of fitting into the social 

standards of the white American culture has always been a difficult decision for those who have 

assimilated although the privilege of social and economical are very high and life changing.

       In today's society, we see these high standards still in place. Generations are taught at a young 

age either by personal experience or observation. People of color have always been placed below the 

culture, This makes it an economical and social issue for the people of color. They are unable to 

express who they are and are pressure to assimilate to those into the white American culture.

      In America you can see how many white Americans are trying to have those people that are from 

different cultures and speak different languages only speak English. In fact, many Americans in 

today's society hope to remove other languages in the country and have English as the main language 

only. This shows the white dominant culture selfishly wants others who are different to live up to 

their demands and standards. Those who choose to assimilate to the white culture are praised by

white Americans for joining them in their belief and powerness. Therefore, the change in the way 

people of color are seen and spoken to by the whites gives them a higher social stand on the level 

above other people of color but still below white people.
     
      The pressure of assimilation for the people of color was causing them to see this as their only 

way of survival because of the economical benefits gained. Those who assimilated where 

immediately given economical stability for both them and their family. This way in an indirect way a

a form of getting the people of color to join the white culture and get the people of color to make the 

white culture more powerful to then pressure the minority groups into fitting the white social 

standards. Making the white dominant American culture powerful against other racial groups below 

them.

The white American culture gave the minority people of color social and economical stability for 

their assimilation.  Due to the pressure that people of color have faced in trying to conform to the

white standards placed on them, they have been conditioned to erase their true identity in order to

survive.