Friday, May 11, 2007

The new generation-where do we belong?

A new generation is born and where do we belong? - once we have become 'integrated' we essentially are assimilated and fit well in to the society where we have grown up(or moved too). However, at the same time we moved away from the cultures, traditions, even the language of our family heritage. The tension of fitting into the new society is replaced with another tension- the one of our original culture. This may be seen sometimes as denial of original cultural values, or tension in families, or a sense of no longer belonging to the country of origin.

What will happen in the future? will our next generations essential be a new dane- new brit, etc. or will there be pockets of society who wish to stay with their defined identity and hence be integrated yet hold onto their own traditions- a different type of integration in fact one that may lead to several subcultures. A small country like Danmark is not used to the extra layers of society (and it is questionable if larger countries are?- look to recent events in Paris, Birmingham).

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