The article claims that for an individual to be culturally competent, he or she has to do many things, including speaking another cultures language, perform the groups socially-sanctioned behavior, and maintain social contacts to the group. The article suggests that many minority members relationships with Anglos are superficial and only exist based on neccessary communication between the groups. An assumption is suggested in the article that increased involvement in the majority culture automatically means increased disengagement from the traditional culture. Expalin your view. The article states that biculturalism is the best outcome from a psychological standpoint.
Social identity is such a complex and multi-dimensional phenomenon.
In our society we have many different types of people who come from various parts of the world. 1.Assessing assimilation is usually done by comparing Hispanics with non-Hispanics.